The Clue
Crèche beast (3 letter answer)
The Answer
ASS
Tags
Notes
The answer ASS is very common and appears about once every 34 puzzles.
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Definition
ASS as a noun:
1. (buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass) = the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
2. a pompous fool
3. hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse
4. (fuck, fucking, screw, screwing, ass, nooky, nookie, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, shag, shtup) = slang for sexual intercourse