The Clue
Defective device (5 letter answer)
The Answer
LEMON
Tags
Notes
The answer LEMON is seen frequently, appearing about once every 160 puzzles.
Related Clues
Dud
Flop
Fruit
Turkey
Ade fruit
Automotive dud
Bad buy
Bar wedge
Defective car
Detroit dud
Drop flavor
Drop, of a sort
Fruit at the bar
Kind of ade
Kind of drop
Kind of tree
Lousy car
Martini twist
Sprite flavor
Tart flavor
Wretched car
Yellow hue
Yellow shade
Car owner's headache
"Caveat emptor" item
Faulty car: Slang
Furniture polish scent
Iced tea garnish
Kind of drop or peel
Scent in furniture polish
Car that won't go far
Fruit that makes you pucker
Car that leaves you with a sour taste?
It makes you pucker up
A mechanic might see it a lot
Definition
LEMON as a noun:
1. yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh
2. (gamboge, lemon, lemon yellow, maize) = a strong yellow color
3. (lemon, lemon tree, Citrus limon) = a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit
4. a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons
5. (lemon, stinker) = an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory