The Clue
Ma Rainey's music (5 letter answer)
The Answer
BLUES
Tags
Notes
The answer BLUES is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 800 puzzles.
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Definition
BLUES as a noun:
1. a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes
2. (blues, blue devils, megrims, vapors, vapours) = a state of depression; "he had a bad case of the blues"
BLUE as a noun:
1. (blue, blueness) = blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue"
2. blue clothing; "she was wearing blue"
3. any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue; "the Union army was a vast blue"
4. (blue sky, blue, blue air, wild blue yonder) = the sky as viewed during daylight; "he shot an arrow into the blue"
5. (bluing, blueing, blue) = used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
6. (amobarbital sodium, blue, blue angel, blue devil, Amytal) = the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
7. any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
BLUE as a verb:
1. turn blue