The Clue
It's just one thing after another (5 letter answer)
The Answer
TOTAL
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Notes
The answer TOTAL is seen frequently, appearing about once every 130 puzzles.
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Amount to
Come to
Complete
Demolish
Entire
Entirety
Sum
Thoroughgoing
Universal
Utter
Wreck
Add up
All-out
Bottom line
Bottom of a sum
Calculator's result
Demolish a car
Horribly wreck
Kind of recall
Out-and-out
Smash to smithereens
Sum up
The whole thing
Wreck completely
Bottom line of an addition
Bottom-line figure
Completely destroy: Slang
Destroy utterly, as a car
General Mills brand
More than partial
Wreck beyond recognition
Wreck completely, as a car
Definition
TOTAL as a noun:
1. (sum, total, totality, aggregate) = the whole amount
2. (sum, amount, total) = a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
TOTAL as a verb:
1. (total, number, add up, come, amount) = add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"
2. (total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up) = determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
3. damage beyond the point of repair; "My son totaled our new car"; "the rock star totals his guitar at every concert"
TOTAL as an adjective:
1. (entire, full, total) = constituting the full quantity or extent; complete; "an entire town devastated by an earthquake"; "gave full attention"; "a total failure"
2. (overall, total, whole) = including everything; "the overall cost"; "the total amount owed"
3. (absolute, total, unconditioned) = without conditions or limitations; "a total ban"
4. (full, total) = complete in extent or degree and in every particular; "a full game"; "a total eclipse"; "a total disaster"