The Clue
Go under (5 letter answer)
The Answer
DROWN
Tags
Notes
The answer DROWN is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1100 puzzles.
Related Clues
Inundate
Soak
Be covered with, with "in"
Audibly overwhelm, with "out"
" . . . ___ the stage with tears": Hamlet
Suffer Icarus' fate
Go under for the third time
Definition
DROWN as a verb:
1. (submerge, drown, overwhelm) = cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"
2. get rid of as if by submerging; "She drowned her trouble in alcohol"
3. die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake"
4. kill by submerging in water; "He drowned the kittens"