The Clue
Mother, in Montmartre (4 letter answer)
The Answer
MERE
Tags
Notes
The answer MERE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 60 puzzles.
Related Clues
Bare
A ___ child
"A ___ formality"
Just
___ mortals
Only
Paltry
Simple
Slight
Trifling
Adjective for a pittance
Adjective for a sou
Adjective for a trifle
Belittling adjective
French parent
"Lady of the ___": Wordsworth
Lake, in poesy
Nothing but
Plain and simple
Pond, to a poet
Pool, in poesy
Pure and simple
Scarcely enough
Simple; bare
Standing water
Adjective for a mite or mote
Appropriate rhyme for sheer
Apt rhyme for sheer
French family member
"Honor is a ___ scutcheon": Shak.
No more than
Nothing more than
Neither more nor less
Definition
MERE as a noun:
1. a small pond of standing water
MERE as an adjective:
1. being nothing more than specified; "a mere child"
2. (bare, mere, simple) = apart from anything else; without additions or modifications; "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth"