The Clue
Parking-lot mishaps (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
Notches
Armor marrers
Auto damage
Bad impressions?
Blemishes on cars
Bumps a Durant
Car dings
Car's scars
Clunker's adornment
Dimples, in a way
Fender benders
Fender flaws
Fender mishaps
Fender problems
Flaws in fenders
Jalopy scars
Makes an impression
Mars cars
Nicks' cousins
Scars on cars
Sights on a jalopy
Body shop jobs
Body shops' concerns
Car owners' headaches
Cause for an insurance claim
Jobs for repair shops
Marks on old pots
Parking lot mementos
Parking-lot problems
Trade-in value diminishers
Auto-body shop concerns
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"