The Clue
Dossier (4 letter answer)
The Answer
FILE
Tags
Notes
The answer FILE is common and appears about once every 250 puzzles.
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Manicure
Quannet
Rasp
Row
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Cabinet member?
Computer record
F.B.I. info
Fingernail tool
Folder's locale
Ipcress or Odessa
Kind of cabinet
Manicurist's implement
Manicurist's tool
Metalworking implement
Office cabinet
Office piece
Put in the archives
Quannet, e.g.
Rank's companion
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Register as a candidate
Sort papers
Soup thickener
Tab site
Do a clerical job
Do an office job
Do an office task
Do some manicuring
Do a taxing task?
Document burial place
Hard drive item
Put away, in a way
"The round ___" (wastepaper basket)
Something to keep tabs on
Clichéd prison contraband item
Do the work of many a clerk
Tool for a prisoner's escape, maybe
It may be used on a nail
Definition
FILE as a noun:
1. (file, data file) = a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together
2. (file, single file, Indian file) = a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other
3. (file, file cabinet, filing cabinet) = office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order
4. a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal
FILE as a verb:
1. (file, register) = record in a public office or in a court of law; "file for divorce"; "file a complaint"
2. smooth with a file; "file one's fingernails"
3. proceed in line; "The students filed into the classroom"
4. (charge, lodge, file) = file a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"
5. (file, file away) = place in a container for keeping records; "File these bills, please"