The Clue
Lays turf (4 letter answer)
The Answer
SODS
Tags
Notes
The answer SODS is common and appears about once every 250 puzzles.
Related Clues
Swards
Turfs
Adds turf to
Builds a lawn
Covers the earth
Covers, as the earth
Covers with topsoil
Covers with turf
Does lawnwork
Installs, as an outfield
Landscapers' supplies
Landscaping supplies
Lawn starters
Lays the groundwork for?
Patches, as a fairway
Poor blokes
Repairs a green
Repairs the lawn
Starts a lawn
Transplants grass
Chaps, in British slang
Covers, as a football field
Covers some ground
Does a lawn job
Does lawn work
Does some landscaping
Installs "outdoor carpeting"
Lays down the lawn
Plot cover-ups?
Puts down turf
Repairs, as a golf green
Does some yard work
Providers of football game coverage?
Rolls out for sale at a nursery
They may cover a lot of ground
Definition
SOD as a noun:
1. (turf, sod, sward, greensward) = surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
2. (superoxide dismutase, SOD) = an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of superoxide into hydrogen peroxide and oxygen; "oxygen free radicals are normally removed in our bodies by the superoxide dismutase enzymes"
3. (sodomite, sodomist, sod, bugger) = someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)
4. an informal British term for a youth or man; "the poor sod couldn't even buy a drink"
SOD as a verb:
1. cover with sod