The Clue
Half-baked (4 letter answer)
The Answer
LAME
Tags
Notes
The answer LAME is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.
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Inadequate
Pathetic
An anagram for male
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Brocaded fabric
Cloth of gold
Costly cloth
Glittery fabric
Gold cloth
Gown fabric
Hardly believable
Kind of brain
Kind of duck
Kind of excuse
Metallic cloth
Metallic fabric
Ornamental fabric
Rich fabric
Rich material
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Weak, as an effort
Beneath serious consideration
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Like some excuses
Poor, as excuses go
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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"