The Clue
Exact replica (5 letter answer)
The Answer
CLONE
Tags
Notes
The answer CLONE is common and appears about once every 250 puzzles.
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Copy
Dolly, for one
Duplicate
Knockoff
Replica
Replicate
Replication
Reproduction
Biological duplicate
Carbon copy
Cell mate?
Complete copy
Computer knockoff
Doppelgänger's kin
Duplicate of a sort
Exact copy
Genetic duplicate
Genetic group
Genetic offshoot
Genetic replica
Look-alike
Make a copy of
Perfect copy
Produce a copy of
Produce by parthenogenesis
Progeny of a sort
Propagated replica
Reasonable facsimile?
Replicate, in a way
Splitting image
Twin of sorts
"The Boys From Brazil" character
Certain botanical progeny
Exact look-alike
Genetic look-alike
Geneticist's word for an offshoot
Made-to-order kin
Partheno-genetic product
Product of asexual reproduction
Repeat oneself, in a way
Chip off the old block?
"Star Wars" army member
Definition
CLONE as a noun:
1. (ringer, dead ringer, clone) = a person who is almost identical to another
2. (clone, clon) = a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction
3. (knockoff, clone) = an unauthorized copy or imitation
CLONE as a verb:
1. make multiple identical copies of; "people can clone a sheep nowadays"