The Clue
Curling implement (5 letter answer)
The Answer
BROOM
Tags
Notes
The answer BROOM is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 750 puzzles.
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"___ Hilda," Russ Myers comic
Definition
BROOM as a noun:
1. a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle
2. any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
3. (heather, ling, Scots heather, broom, Calluna vulgaris) = common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
BROOM as a verb:
1. (sweep, broom) = sweep with a broom or as if with a broom; "Sweep the crumbs off the table"; "Sweep under the bed"
2. finish with a broom