The Clue
He beat the odds at Saratoga (5 letter answer)
The Answer
GATES
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Notes
The answer GATES is common and appears about once every 300 puzzles.
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Definition
GATES as a noun:
1. (Gates, Bill Gates, William Henry Gates) = United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)
GATE as a noun:
1. a movable barrier in a fence or wall
2. (gate, logic gate) = a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs
3. total admission receipts at a sports event
4. passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark
GATE as a verb:
1. supply with a gate; "The house was gated"
2. control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate
3. restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment