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The Clue

Let out, e.g. (5 letter answer)

The Answer

ALTER

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Notes

The answer ALTER is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.

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Amend
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Fiddle with
Fix
Modify
Reshape
Revise
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Tweak
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Change, as hems
Change; vary
Do tailoring
Ego preceder
Kind of ego
Lengthen or shorten
Take in or out
Take in, perhaps
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Do a tailoring job
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Definition

ALTER as a verb:

1. (change, alter, modify) = cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
2. (change, alter, vary) = make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"
3. make an alteration to; "This dress needs to be altered"
4. (interpolate, alter, falsify) = insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
5. (alter, neuter, spay, castrate) = remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"