The Clue
Mails (5 letter answer)
The Answer
SENDS
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Notes
The answer SENDS is common and appears about once every 225 puzzles.
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Broadcasts
Dispatches
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Radios
Relays
Remits
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___ for (summons)
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Transmits
Wires
Causes to go
Faxes, perhaps
Fires off
Lets fly
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___ packing (fires)
Practices telegraphy
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Definition
SEND as a verb:
1. (send, direct) = cause to go somewhere; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation"
2. (send, send out) = to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place; "He had sent the dispatches downtown to the proper people and had slept"
3. (mail, post, send) = cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; "send me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when it's written"
4. (transport, send, ship) = transport commercially
5. (station, post, base, send, place) = assign to a station
6. (send, get off, send off) = transfer; "The spy sent the classified information off to Russia"
7. (commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge) = cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
8. (air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit) = broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song"