The Clue
Horse-race distance (4 letter answer)
The Answer
MILE
Tags
Notes
The answer MILE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 160 puzzles.
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One in 500?
"The Last ___"
Miss by a ___
1.6093 kilometers
1.6093 km.
1,760 yards
320 rods
5,280 feet
Eight furlongs
Fair distance
Hiker's measure
Jogger's measure
Kind of marker
Linear measure
Marathon unit
Miss's equal
Miss's equivalent
Part of a marathon
Relative of a knot
Ryun's run
Three ___ Island
Treadmill unit
One turn of an odometer
1/500 of the Indianapolis 500
80% of the Kentucky Derby
About 4% of a marathon
Broncos' ___ High Stadium
Distance of 5,280 feet
Kind of stone or post
Miss's proverbial equivalent
Number on a marathon marker
Track-meet event
Wanamaker or Millrose run
Word with post or stone
Distance not run in the Olympics
Event not run in the Olympics
Four-minute distance, for some
This is 4/5 of Derby distance
Length of 14 2/3 football fields
Definition
MILE as a noun:
1. (mile, statute mile, stat mi, land mile, mi) = a unit of length equal to 1760 yards
2. (nautical mile, mile, mi, naut mi, knot, international nautical mile, air mile) = a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters
3. a large distance; "he missed by a mile"
4. (sea mile, mile) = a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 1828.8 meters (6000 feet)
5. (nautical mile, naut mi, mile, mi, geographical mile, Admiralty mile) = a British unit of length equivalent to 1,853.18 meters (6,082 feet)
6. (mile, Roman mile) = an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
7. (mile, Swedish mile) = a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
8. a footrace extending one mile; "he holds the record in the mile"