The Clue
Fresh and unusual (8 letter answer)
The Answer
ORIGINAL
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Notes
The answer ORIGINAL is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1000 puzzles.
Related Clues
First
Fresh
Inventive
One of a kind
Prototype
KFC option
Not imitative
Request at KFC
Unchanged or novel
Something that gets copied
Definition
ORIGINAL as a noun:
1. (master, master copy, original) = an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
2. (original, archetype, pilot) = an original model on which something is patterned
ORIGINAL as an adjective:
1. preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed; "the original inhabitants of the Americas"; "the book still has its original binding"; "restored the house to its original condition"; "the original performance of the opera"; "the original cast"; "retracted his original statement"
2. (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary; "his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources"
3. being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of; "a truly original approach"; "with original music"; "an original mind"
4. not derived or copied or translated from something else; "the play is original; not an adaptation"; "he kept the original copy and gave her only a xerox"; "the translation misses much of the subtlety of the original French"