The Clue
Part of a Sartre title (4 letter answer)
The Answer
EXIT
Tags
Notes
The answer EXIT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.
Related Clues
Debouchment
Depart
Egress
Leave
___ row
Turnoff
Door sign
Escape route
Get away
Interstate sign
Leave the stage
Means of egress
Off-ramp
Passage out
Sartre's "No ___"
Script direction
Sign in red
Sign in a theater
Stage direction
Stairwell sign
Theater sign
Thruway sign
Turnpike feature
Way off
Way out
Interstate sign with an arrow
Mandated safety sign
Red-lighted word
Sign by stairs, often
Theater-door sign
Way out sign
Where to get off
It's taken when leaving
Lighted sign above a door
"___ Laughing," Irvin S. Cobb's autobiography
Definition
EXIT as a noun:
1. (exit, issue, outlet, way out) = an opening that permits escape or release; "he blocked the way out"; "the canyon had only one issue"
2. (passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release) = euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"
3. the act of going out
EXIT as a verb:
1. (exit, go out, get out, leave) = move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"
2. lose the lead
3. (die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it) = pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"