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The Clue
Pondered at length (9 letter answer)
The Answer
RUMINATED
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Notes
The answer RUMINATED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
RUMINATE as a verb:
1. chew the cuds; "cows ruminate"
2. (chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate) = reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"