Enter a clue or pattern or both:
The Clue
Clear, as a tape (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ERASE
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Notes
The answer ERASE is very common and appears about once every 27 puzzles.
Related Clues
Clear
Delete
Expunge
Obliterate
Remove
Backspace, maybe
Blot out
Clear the blackboard
Clear the board
Clear the chalkboard
Clear from memory
Clear the slate
Clear a tape
Fix a typo
Out-line?
Remove from the tape
Rub out
Sweep the board?
Take away
Wipe chalk from
Wipe clean
Wipe out
Wipe the slate
Backspace over text
Do a chalkboard chore
Do a classroom chore
Name-drop, maybe?
Shake, as an Etch A Sketch
Take off the board
Use the backspace key
Definition
ERASE as a verb:
1. (erase, wipe out) = remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"
2. (erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off) = remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"
3. (erase, delete) = wipe out magnetically recorded information