The Clue
Nobody (4 letter answer)
The Answer
NONE
Tags
Notes
The answer NONE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.
Related Clues
Bar ___
Not one
___ the wiser
Zero
Zilch
The absolute minimum
All alternative
All's alternative
All's counterpart
All's opposite
Canonical hour
Homophone for nun
"With malice toward ___ . . . "
"With malice toward ___"
Not any
Not a bit
___ too soon
"___ of your business"
Have ___ of (not allow)
"With malice toward ___ . . . ": Lincoln
Ninth hour, to a cleric
Slim to ___ (poor odds)
Survey choice, at times
"And Then There Were ___"
"Then there were ___"
" . . . for ___ of woman born": Shak.
Word after bar
Zilch, so to speak
"A bad excuse is better than ___"
Ten Little Indians, finally
"And Then There Were ___": Christie
What the fourth little piggy had
Definition
NONE as a noun:
1. a canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise
2. a service in the Roman Catholic Church formerly read or chanted at 3 PM (the ninth hour counting from sunrise) but now somewhat earlier
NONE as an adjective:
1. not any; "thou shalt have none other gods before me"
NONE as an adverb:
1. not at all or in no way; "seemed none too pleased with his dinner"; "shirt looked none the worse for having been slept in"; "none too prosperous"; "the passage is none too clear"