The Clue
It's often marked with a number (4 letter answer)
The Answer
EXIT
Tags
Notes
The answer EXIT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.
Related Clues
Depart
Departure
Egress
Leave
Out
Retreat
Door sign
Lighted sign
Means of egress
Road sign
Sartre's "No ___"
Script command
Sign in the dark
Sign by a door
Sign in a theater
Stage direction
Take off
Theater sign
Turnpike feature
Turnpike sign
Way to go
Way out
Lighted sign in a theater
Mandated safety sign
Red-letter word
It's taken when leaving
Lighted sign above a door
Lighted sign over a door
Place to pay a toll, perhaps
"___ Laughing," Irvin S. Cobb's autobiography
Definition
EXIT as a noun:
1. (exit, issue, outlet, way out) = an opening that permits escape or release; "he blocked the way out"; "the canyon had only one issue"
2. (passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release) = euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"
3. the act of going out
EXIT as a verb:
1. (exit, go out, get out, leave) = move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"
2. lose the lead
3. (die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it) = pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"