The Clue
Like a whooping crane (4 letter answer)
The Answer
RARE
Tags
Notes
The answer RARE is very common and appears about once every 36 puzzles.
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Pinkish
Scarce
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Underdone
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Barbecue order
Beef order
___ as a blue rose
Dictionary notation
Hard to come by
Hard to find
Pink, maybe
Pink, as a steak
Reddish, perhaps
Seldom seen
Stamp designation
Steak order
Steak style
Earth or bit preceder
Few and far between
Like Ben Jonson
Like certain books
Like a day in June
Like hen's teeth
Like a royal flush
Like some coins
"O ___ Ben Jonson!"
Red on the inside, as a steak
Steak-house order
Still red inside
Description on many eBay listings
Like a cold day in July
Like some coins or steaks
" . . . neither rich nor ___": Pope
Definition
RARE as an adjective:
1. not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness; "a rare word"; "rare books"
2. recurring only at long intervals; "a rare appearance"; "total eclipses are rare events"
3. not widely distributed; "rare herbs"; "rare patches of green in the desert"
4. (rare, uncommon) = marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree"
5. (rare, rarefied, rarified) = having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"
6. (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside; "rare roast beef"