The Clue
Moves apace (5 letter answer)
The Answer
TROTS
Tags
Notes
The answer TROTS is common and appears about once every 300 puzzles.
Related Clues
Cribs
Gaits
Hurries
Jogs
Ponies
Brings (out)
Easy runs
Horse gaits
Horse races
Hurries along
Meadowlands contests
Meadowlands events
Moves briskly
Moves quickly
Students' ponies
Yonkers events
Certain horse races
Cheating aids, in slang
Gaits out of the gate
Puts on display, with "out"
Gaits between walks and canters
Gaits slower than gallops
Definition
TROT as a noun:
1. (jog, trot, lope) = a slow pace of running
2. (Trotskyite, Trotskyist, Trot) = radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution
3. (pony, trot, crib) = a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)
4. a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together
TROT as a verb:
1. (trot, jog, clip) = run at a moderately swift pace
2. ride at a trot
3. cause to trot; "She trotted the horse home"