The Clue
Jughead (3 letter answer)
The Answer
SAP
Tags
Notes
The answer SAP is seen frequently, appearing about once every 80 puzzles.
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Blackjack
Cheesehead
Chucklehead
Deplete
Doofus
Drain
Dupe
Enervate
Goof
Gullible one
Nitwit
Numbskull
Schnook
Silly one
Softhead
Stupid one
Sucker
Undermine
Weaken
Aphid's sustenance
Easy mark
Fall guy
Forest runner
Hit with a blackjack
Spring riser
Spring runner
Spring running
Stupid person
Sugarhouse stuff
Sustenance for aphids
Syrup base
A syrup source
Tree juice
Tree yield
Certain sugar source
It rises in a trunk
It runs in the woods
Sugar maple's yield
Tree's life blood
Definition
SAP as a noun:
1. a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
2. (fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool) = a person who lacks good judgment
3. (blackjack, cosh, sap) = a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people
SAP as a verb:
1. (run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire) = deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
2. excavate the earth beneath