The Clue
Like bottles of beer (5 letter answer)
The Answer
CASED
Tags
Notes
The answer CASED is common and appears about once every 350 puzzles.
Related Clues
In a box
Boxed
Enclosed
Investigated
Packed
Checked the joint
Checked out
Examined carefully
Inspected for a heist
Inspected the joint
Put in a container
Scoped out
Sized up
Studied "the joint"
Surveyed surreptitiously
Checked before a heist
Examined, as before a robbery
Examined before robbing
Inspected, Sutton style
Like some joints
Like warehouse goods
Looked the joint over
Looked over carefully
Looked over the joint
Looked over larcenously
Looked over, in a way
Scrutinized, with ill intent
Sized up the joint
Checked out before robbing
Gave a place the once-over
Took a first look, as a crook
Definition
CASE as a verb:
1. look over, usually with the intention to rob; "They men cased the housed"
2. (encase, incase, case) = enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud"
CASED as an adjective:
1. (cased, encased, incased) = covered or protected with or as if with a case; "knights cased in steel"; "products encased in leatherette"
2. enclosed in a case