The Clue
Nitwits (4 letter answer)
The Answer
SAPS
Tags
Notes
The answer SAPS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 130 puzzles.
Related Clues
Blackjacks
Boneheads
Boobs
Chumps
Dingbats
Dolts
Dopes
Drains
Dummies
Enervates
Enfeebles
Exhausts
Fools
Jugheads
Lunkheads
Nincompoops
Ninnies
Suckers
Undermines
Weakens
Drains of stamina
Easy marks
Gullible ones
Gullible sorts
Plant juices
Scam targets
Scam victims
Wears out
Ones easily fooled
They get taken easily
Definition
SAP as a noun:
1. a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
2. (fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool) = a person who lacks good judgment
3. (blackjack, cosh, sap) = a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people
SAP as a verb:
1. (run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire) = deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
2. excavate the earth beneath