The Clue
More than brown (4 letter answer)
The Answer
CHAR
Tags
Notes
The answer CHAR is seen frequently, appearing about once every 120 puzzles.
Related Clues
Blacken
Burn
Carbonize
Overcook
Scorch
Singe
Blacken on the outside
Burn a bit
Burn on the grill
Overdo a steak
Reduce to carbon
Soho domestic
Turn to cinders
Variety of trout
House cleaner, in England
Mayfair hotel employee
Not just brown
Red-bellied trout
Small-scaled trout
Soho cleaning woman
Definition
CHAR as a noun:
1. a charred substance
2. (charwoman, char, cleaning woman, cleaning lady, woman) = a human female who does housework; "the char will clean the carpet"
3. (char, charr) = any of several small troutlike fish of the genus Salvelinus
CHAR as a verb:
1. (char, coal) = burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"
2. (char, blacken, sear, scorch) = burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling"