The Clue
Desktop picture (4 letter answer)
The Answer
ICON
Tags
Notes
The answer ICON is seen frequently, appearing about once every 60 puzzles.
Related Clues
Deesis
Image
Representation
Symbol
Token
Worshiped one
Church item
Desktop item
Elvis, e.g.
Elvis or Madonna
Holy picture
The Iberian Madonna is one
Item to revere
Menu symbol
Niche object
Object of devotion
Object of esteem
PC pic
Religious image
Revered object
Sacred image
Sacred picture
Sacred symbol
Screen figure
Screen symbol
Something to click
Temple figure
Bit of Windows dressing?
Computer screen image
John Lennon, e.g.
PC directory feature
Scissors, for "cut," on a PC
Smiley face, e.g.
Spot for a cursor, maybe
U2's Bono, e.g.
"User friendly" feature
Che Guevara or Lady Gaga
Definition
ICON as a noun:
1. (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface
2. (picture, image, icon, ikon) = a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"
3. (icon, ikon) = a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church