The Clue
Nonvarsity player (5 letter answer)
The Answer
SCRUB
Tags
Notes
The answer SCRUB is common and appears about once every 300 puzzles.
Related Clues
Abandon
Benchwarmer
Cancel
Cleanse
Substitute
Abort a mission
Bench sitter
Bench warmer
Cancel, as a blastoff
Cancel a launch
Clean up
Do away with
Hit the dirt?
Prepare for surgery
Second-stringer
Stunted tree
Third-stringer
Wash hard
Cancel, at Cape Canaveral
Cancel a space trip
Clean with elbow grease
Do brush work
Kind of pine or oak
Kind of team or brush
Postpone a rocket launch
Second-string player
Use a wire brush on
Wash very hard
Do a pre-op chore
Definition
SCRUB as a noun:
1. (scrub, chaparral, bush) = dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
2. (scrub, scrubbing, scouring) = the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
SCRUB as a verb:
1. (scrub, scour) = clean with hard rubbing; "She scrubbed his back"
2. (scrub, scrub up) = wash thoroughly; "surgeons must scrub prior to an operation"
3. (cancel, call off, scratch, scrub) = postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled; "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill"
SCRUB as an adjective:
1. (of domestic animals) not selectively bred