The Clue
Notches (5 letter answer)
The Answer
DENTS
Tags
Notes
The answer DENTS is common and appears about once every 250 puzzles.
Related Clues
Depressions
Dings
Hollows
Impressions
Armor marrers
Auto damage
Bad impressions?
Blemishes on cars
Bumps a Durant
Clunker's adornment
Dimples, in a way
Fender benders
Fender flaws
Fender mishaps
Fender problems
Jalopy features
Makes an impression
Mars cars
Scars on cars
Body shop jobs
Body shops' concerns
Car owners' headaches
Cause for an insurance claim
Fender-bender results
Jalopy's unimpressive impressions
Jobs for body shops
Jobs for repair shops
Marks on old pots
Parking lot mementos
Parking-lot problems
Results of bumps to a bumper
Trade-in value diminishers
Impressions left at parking lots
List in an insurance report, maybe
They may be pounded out
Definition
DENT as a noun:
1. an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening); "it made a dent in my bank account"
2. (incision, scratch, prick, slit, dent) = a depression scratched or carved into a surface
3. (dent, ding, gouge, nick) = an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
DENT as a verb:
1. (indent, dent) = make a depression into; "The bicycle dented my car"