The Clue
"For the ___ and radiant maiden": Poe (4 letter answer)
The Answer
RARE
Tags
Notes
The answer RARE is very common and appears about once every 36 puzzles.
Related Clues
Choice
Distinctive
Exceptional
Infrequent
Scarce
Singular
Thin
Uncommon
Bibliophile's label
Book classification
Coin grade
Dictionary notation
Hard to find
Like cerium
Like a nonesuch
Not common
Pink, as steak
Porterhouse order
Precious, in a way
Reddish pink
Remarkably fine
Seldom seen
Steak order
"Still mooing"
Thin in density
Less than medium
Like a blue lobster
Like no-hitters
Like a perfect game
Like some hamburgers
Like an underdone steak
Not well done
Once-in-a-blue-moon
Red on the inside, as a steak
Roast beef request
Still red, as a steak
Like a June day, 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"