The Clue
Epitome of grace (4 letter answer)
The Answer
SWAN
Tags
Notes
The answer SWAN is seen frequently, appearing about once every 130 puzzles.
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Ballet subject
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Bird with a trumpet
Certain trumpeter
Cob or pen
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Dive or song
Exemplar of grace
Gottfried, in "Lohengrin"
Graceful bird
Graceful swimmer
Kind of dive
Kind of song
"___ Lake" ballet
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Pen or cob
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Song or Lake
Symbol of grace
Trumpeter, e.g.
Trumpeting bird
Type of dive
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Water bird
Whooper, e.g.
One of Zeus's disguises
"The ___," Grace Kelly film
Long-necked bird
Park lake denizen
Shakespeare, "Sweet ___ of Avon"
Type of dive or song
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Ugly Duckling, in reality
Ugly duckling, ultimately
Ugly duckling's metamorphosis
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Definition
SWAN as a noun:
1. stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
SWAN as a verb:
1. (affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear) = to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"
2. (roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond) = move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
3. sweep majestically; "Airplanes were swanning over the mountains"