The Clue
In apple pie order (4 letter answer)
The Answer
NEAT
Tags
Notes
The answer NEAT is very common and appears about once every 41 puzzles.
Related Clues
Bandbox
"Cool"
Cool
"Dandy!"
Nifty
In order
Orderly
Precise
Shipshape
Smart
Spiffy
Spruce
Straight
Tidy
Trig
Trim
Undiluted
Unmixed
"Cool beans!"
Far from frowzy
Far from slatternly
First-rate
Free from admixture
Sans ice
Sans mixer
Spick-and-span
Straight from the bottle
Straight, or straightened
"That's keen!"
"Way cool!"
Without admixture
Without a chaser
Without a mixer
Without water or soda
Not having a hair out of place
Definition
NEAT as an adjective:
1. clean or orderly; "her neat dress"; "a neat room"
2. showing care in execution; "neat homework"; "neat handwriting"
3. (neat, refined, tasteful) = free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset"
4. (clean, neat) = free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed; "he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"; "a clean throw"; "the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife"
5. (bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing) = very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
6. (neat, straight, full-strength) = without water; "took his whiskey neat"