The Clue
Dateless person (4 letter answer)
The Answer
STAG
Tags
Notes
The answer STAG is seen frequently, appearing about once every 50 puzzles.
Related Clues
Alone
Animal
___ beetle
Buck
Companionless
Dateless
Hart
Single
Smoker
Solo
Antlered animal
Bachelor party
Bambi became one
Bridegroom's fete
"The ___ at eve . . . ": Scott
Forest creature
Game animal
Hind's mate
Hind's partner
Hunting target
Just for guys
Kind of line
Kind of party
Loner at a hop
Male animal
Male do
Male-only
Male partygoer
Man alone
For men only
Type of party
Unattached male
Without women
Woodlands male
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British informer or speculator
It's a guy thing
Like some parties
Like some shows
Male social gathering
Men-only affair
One way to go to a party
Definition
STAG as a noun:
1. (hart, stag) = male red deer
2. adult male deer
STAG as a verb:
1. attend a dance or a party without a female companion
2. (denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag) = give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
3. (spy, stag, snoop, sleuth) = watch, observe, or inquire secretly