The Clue
Cup part (3 letter answer)
The Answer
RIM
Tags
Notes
The answer RIM is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.
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Edge
Flange
Frame
Lip
Margin
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Perimeter
Periphery
Basketball hoop
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Canyon edge
Canyon part
Court target
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Glass component
Glass part
Glass top
The hoop in hoops
Hoop part
Lens holder
Net holder
Net supporter
Part of a glass
Tire mount
Tire site
Wheel part
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Grand Canyon feature
Grand Canyon part
Barely miss, as the golf cup
Zane Grey's "Under the Tonto ___"
Not quite make the putt, with "out"
What an air ball doesn't touch
Definition
RIM as a noun:
1. the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
2. (basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended; "the ball hit the rim and bounced off"
3. the outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached
4. (flange, rim) = a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
5. (brim, rim, lip) = the top edge of a vessel or other container
RIM as a verb:
1. run around the rim of; "Sugar rimmed the dessert plate"
2. furnish with a rim; "rim a hat"
3. roll around the rim of; "the ball rimmed the basket"