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The Clue
Do a chalkboard chore (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ERASE
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Notes
The answer ERASE is very common and appears about once every 27 puzzles.
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Efface
Eliminate
Eradicate
Expunge
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Remove
Undo
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Clear the board
Clear a cassette
Clear, as a disk
Clear off
Clear the slate
Clear the tape
Delete from a disk
Make blank
Remove, as characters
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Rub off
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Definition
ERASE as a verb:
1. (erase, wipe out) = remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"
2. (erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off) = remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"
3. (erase, delete) = wipe out magnetically recorded information