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The Clue
Family life, figuratively (6 letter answer)
The Answer
HEARTH
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Notes
The answer HEARTH is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1800 puzzles.
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Definition
HEARTH as a noun:
1. (fireplace, hearth, open fireplace) = an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built; "the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it"; "he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it"; "the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires"
2. (hearth, fireside) = home symbolized as a part of the fireplace; "driven from hearth and home"; "fighting in defense of their firesides"
3. (hearth, fireside) = an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room); "they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire"