The Clue
Part of NASA gets the gait (4 letter answer)
The Answer
PACE
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Notes
The answer PACE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 120 puzzles.
Related Clues
With deference to
A gait
Gait
Speed
Step
Stride
Tempo
Double time, for one
Jog, e.g.
Meadowlands event
Part of R.I.P.
Rate of progress
Rate of speed
R.I.P. part
Set the speed
Step measure
Unit of length
University in N.Y.C.
Walk the floor
Walk nervously
Walking tempo
Whitten's "A Killing ___"
Act the expectant father
Await delivery anxiously
Go before and lead
It's set by a runner
A lap a minute, e.g.
New York university
Take measured steps
Walk back and forth
Walk the waiting room
Whitten's "A Killing ___": 1983
Eight minutes/mile in a marathon is a good one
Kind of car seen at Indy
University in New York City
Walk a hole in the carpet, maybe
Runners try to pick it up
Wear out the carpet in the waiting room
Work off nervous energy, in a way
Definition
PACE as a noun:
1. (pace, gait) = the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
2. (footstep, pace, step, stride) = the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"
3. (pace, rate) = the relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated"
4. (pace, stride, tread) = a step in walking or running
5. (tempo, pace) = the rate of some repeating event
6. (yard, pace) = a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
PACE as a verb:
1. walk with slow or fast paces; "He paced up and down the hall"
2. go at a pace; "The horse paced"
3. (pace, step) = measure (distances) by pacing; "step off ten yards"
4. regulate or set the pace of; "Pace your efforts"