The Clue
Gadget (11 letter answer)
The Answer
CONTRIVANCE
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Notes
The answer CONTRIVANCE is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
CONTRIVANCE as a noun:
1. (appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget) = a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
2. the faculty of contriving; inventive skill; "his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem"
3. (contrivance, stratagem, dodge) = an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"
4. an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.; "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable"
5. (lash-up, contrivance) = any improvised arrangement for temporary use
6. (devisal, contrivance) = the act of devising something