The Clue
Is no more, informally (4 letter answer)
The Answer
AINT
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Notes
The answer AINT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 90 puzzles.
Related Clues
"___ Misbehavin' "
"___ Misbehavin'"
"___ That a Shame"
Contraction of sorts
Grammatical goof
Informal contraction
Isn't informal?
Isn't wrong?
"It ___ right"
"___ She Sweet"
"___ She Sweet?"
Slangy negative
"Is so!" rebuttal
Solecist's contraction
Solecist's word
Substandard contraction
Ungrammatical contraction
"You ___ kiddin'!"
Grammarian's eyebrow raiser
"It ___ a fit night . . . "
"It ___ Necessarily So"
"It ___ over till ..."
Negative no-no
Pat Boone's "___ That a Shame"
"Say it ___ so!"
"___ We Got Fun?"
"You ___ heard nothin' . . . "
Aretha Franklin's "___ No Way"
"Hit 'em where they ___"
"___ She Sweet?": 1927 song
Start of a B'way title: 1978
"Is you is or is you ___ ma' baby?"
"It ___ Me, Babe," Dylan song
"___ Nobody's Business" (old blues standard)
"Politics ___ beanbag" (Mr. Dooley maxim)
"___ Too Proud to Beg" (1966 hit)