The Clue
Forecast, of a sort (5 letter answer)
The Answer
TREND
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Notes
The answer TREND is seen frequently, appearing about once every 150 puzzles.
Related Clues
Current
Direction
Drift
Flow
Inclination
Incline
Indication
Leaning
Movement
Tendency
Tenor
Vogue
With 40A, a fad
Course; swing
Current style
Economists' concern
Gallup concern
General direction
General tendency
Polling news
Pollster's concern
Pollster's study
Roper dope
Election night developments
Graph line indication
Political analyst's topic
The way things are going
Way things are going
What polling may reveal
Where things are headed
General way things are going
Definition
TREND as a noun:
1. (tendency, trend) = a general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market"
2. (course, trend) = general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"
3. (drift, trend, movement) = a general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"
4. (vogue, trend, style) = the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own"
TREND as a verb:
1. (swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut) = turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"