The Clue
Glitzy fabric (4 letter answer)
The Answer
LAME
Tags
Notes
The answer LAME is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.
Related Clues
Crippled
___ duck
Halt
Hamstrung
Hobbling
Sorry
Unconvincing
Uncool
Weak
An anagram for male
Brain or duck
Brocaded fabric
Cloth of gold
Costly cloth
Couturier's fabric
Glittery fabric
Gown fabric
Handicapped, in a way
Kind of brain
Kind of duck
Kind of excuse
Liberace fabric
Metallic fabric
Rich fabric
Rich material
Shimmery fabric
Showy wear
Unable to walk
___ duck (reelection loser)
Kind of duck or brain
Kind of duck or excuse
Like Charley's horse?
Like some excuses
Poor, as excuses go
" . . . and the ___ walk": Matthew 11:5
Getting hardly any laughs
How some runners pull up
Definition
LAME as a noun:
1. (square, lame) = someone who doesn't understand what is going on
2. a fabric interwoven with threads of metal; "she wore a gold lame dress"
LAME as a verb:
1. (cripple, lame) = deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg; "The accident has crippled her for life"
LAME as an adjective:
1. (feeble, lame) = pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument"
2. (crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, game) = disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"