The Clue
Drink mixer (4 letter answer)
The Answer
COLA
Tags
Notes
The answer COLA is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.
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Definition
COLA as a noun:
1. (Cola, genus Cola) = large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts
2. (cola, dope) = carbonated drink flavored with extract from Kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States)
COLON as a noun:
1. the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
2. (colon, El Salvadoran colon) = the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos
3. (colon, Costa Rican colon) = the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos
4. (Colon, Aspinwall) = a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal
5. a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)