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The Clue

Home for a round-tailed muskrat (5 letter answer)

The Answer

SWAMP

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Notes

The answer SWAMP is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 600 puzzles.

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Definition

SWAMP as a noun:

1. (swamp, swampland) = low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog
2. a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables; "he was trapped in a medical swamp"

SWAMP as a verb:

1. (swamp, drench) = drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor"
2. (deluge, flood, inundate, swamp) = fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"