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The Clue
Homophone for Mame's title (4 letter answer)
The Answer
ANTE
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Notes
The answer ANTE is very common and appears about once every 22 puzzles.
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Chip in
Contribute
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Advance amount
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Deal preceder
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Feed the kitty
Part of A.M.
Pay the kitty
Pay up
Penny fee
Poker stake
Pot builder
Pot sweetener
Preceding: Prefix
Prefix with bellum
Prepay, with "up"
Price for poker
Put in the pot
Put up
Starting stake
Stud stake
Contribution before the deal
It's just for openers
Penny, maybe, in poker
Poker-pot item
Prefix for bellum or date
Prefix with room or date
Sometimes its upped
Start a poker game
Start a pot going
Table center piece?
This precedes bellum
Word with bellum or date
Cough up a poker chip
A few poker chips, maybe
Morning's start, in old Rome?
Requirement in a game of dealer's choice
You might get a hand for it
Definition
ANTE as a noun:
1. (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot
ANTE as a verb:
1. place one's stake