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The Clue

Leave angrily with "off" (5 letter answer)

The Answer

STALK

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Notes

The answer STALK is uncommon, appearing about once every 450 puzzles.

Related Clues

Hunt
Stem
Tail
Approach stealthily
Bean's support
Celery stem
Celery unit
Flower holder
Flower support
Follow closely
Follow feloniously
Follow intently
Hunt down
Plant part
Pursue, as game
Pursue stealthily
Stiff gait
Still-hunt
Stride loftily
Walk stiffly
Follow persistently, as a celebrity
Follow too closely
Support for an ear of corn
What some do to a quarry
What some hunters do

Definition

STALK as a noun:

1. (chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble) = material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
2. (stalk, stem) = a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
3. (stalk, stalking, still hunt) = a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush
4. (stalk, stalking) = the act of following prey stealthily
5. (stalk, angry walk) = a stiff or threatening gait

STALK as a verb:

1. walk stiffly
2. (haunt, stalk) = follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; "her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her"
3. go through (an area) in search of prey; "stalk the woods for deer"