The Clue
Earth or bit preceder (4 letter answer)
The Answer
RARE
Tags
Notes
The answer RARE is very common and appears about once every 36 puzzles.
Related Clues
Choice
Exceptional
Infrequent
Pink
Recherché
Scarce
Singular
Special
Superfine
Uncommon
Unusual
Unwonted
Barely cooked
" . . . ___ as a day in June?"
Hard to come by
Meat request
Not common
Not well?
Seldom seen
Steak order
Steakhouse adjective
"Still mooing"
Uncommonly good
Bloody, so to speak
Like baby condors
Like Ben Jonson
Like hen's teeth
Like a no-hitter
Like a royal flush
Like some coins
Nearly unique in the world
" . . . so ___ as a day in June?"
Like a 1943 copper penny
Like a June day, to Lowell
Like proverbial hen's teeth
Seen once in a blue moon
Like a day in June, according to Lowell
Definition
RARE as an adjective:
1. not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness; "a rare word"; "rare books"
2. recurring only at long intervals; "a rare appearance"; "total eclipses are rare events"
3. not widely distributed; "rare herbs"; "rare patches of green in the desert"
4. (rare, uncommon) = marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree"
5. (rare, rarefied, rarified) = having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"
6. (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside; "rare roast beef"