The Clue
Hit man's heater (3 letter answer)
The Answer
ROD
Tags
Notes
The answer ROD is seen frequently, appearing about once every 80 puzzles.
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16½ feet
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Angler's need
Angler's pole
Angler's purchase
Authority, metaphorically
Curtain holder
Divining or fishing
Dowsing need
Eye part
Fishing pole
Fishing stick
Golden or fishing
Gun, in slang
Laver or Serling
Length measure
Linear measure
Pistol, slangily
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Punishment metaphorically
Punishment, metaphorically
Reactor part
Reel's companion
Retinal cell
Staff associate?
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Surveyor's unit
Towel site
Unit of length
Valance holder
Curl or Funseth of golf
Good name for a surveyor?
Gun-cleaning aid
Serling of "The Twilight Zone"
If spared, it spoils
It may be spared
Definition
ROD as a noun:
1. (perch, rod, pole) = a linear measure of 16.5 feet
2. a long thin implement made of metal or wood
3. any rod-shaped bacterium
4. (perch, rod, pole) = a square rod of land
5. (rod, rod cell, retinal rod) = visual receptor cell sensitive to dim light
6. (gat, rod) = a gangster's pistol