The Clue
Playwright Christopher (3 letter answer)
The Answer
FRY
Tags
Notes
The answer FRY is common and appears about once every 325 puzzles.
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Fix, as fritters
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Small or fish
Small ones
Small swimmers
Suffer from the heat
Use a spider
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Get too much sun
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Get too much sun, colloquially
Definition
FRY as a noun:
1. (Fry, Roger Fry, Roger Eliot Fry) = English painter and art critic (1866-1934)
2. (Fry, Christopher Fry) = English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907)
3. (child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling) = a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters"
FRY as a verb:
1. be excessively hot; "If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried"
2. cook on a hot surface using fat; "fry the pancakes"
3. (electrocute, fry) = kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair; "The serial killer was electrocuted"