The Clue
Plastic alternative (5 letter answer)
The Answer
PAPER
Tags
Notes
The answer PAPER is common and appears about once every 325 puzzles.
Related Clues
[1]
Dissertation
Document
Monograph
"___ Moon"
"___ or plastic?"
On ___ (theoretically)
Thesis
Alternative to plastic
Cover (over)
Daily, e.g.
Doll material
Doll type
Free tickets
Kind of tiger
Kind of weight
Mill output
Origami material
Origami supply
Post or Trib
Times or Post
Tribune or Post
Alternative to plastic at a supermarket
First anniversary gift
First-anniversary gift
Kind of tiger or moon
Kind of tiger or wasp
Post in Washington, for example
The pulp in pulp fiction
It hangs around the house
Definition
PAPER as a noun:
1. a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
2. (composition, paper, report, theme) = an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition"
3. (newspaper, paper) = a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements; "he read his newspaper at breakfast"
4. a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses; "he has written many scientific papers"
5. medium for written communication; "the notion of an office running without paper is absurd"
6. (newspaper, paper, newspaper publisher) = a business firm that publishes newspapers; "Murdoch owns many newspapers"
7. (newspaper, paper) = the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher; "when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper"
PAPER as a verb:
1. cover with paper; "paper the box"
2. (wallpaper, paper) = cover with wallpaper