The Clue
Precious, in a way (4 letter answer)
The Answer
RARE
Tags
Notes
The answer RARE is very common and appears about once every 36 puzzles.
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Choice
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Underdone
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Adjective for Jonson
Almost extinct
Coin classification
Hard to find
Kind of earth
Kind of treat
Like praseodymium
Not common
Not dense
Pink, say
Red in the middle
Steak order
Steakhouse order
Word for Jonson
Describing Ben Jonson
Less than medium
Like baby condors
Like a no-hitter
Like snow in Tampa
Like some birds
Not easy to find
Not well, say
"O ___ Ben Jonson!"
Once-in-a-blue-moon
Like a cold day in July
"So ___" (Jimmy Dorsey hit)
Definition
RARE as an adjective:
1. not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness; "a rare word"; "rare books"
2. recurring only at long intervals; "a rare appearance"; "total eclipses are rare events"
3. not widely distributed; "rare herbs"; "rare patches of green in the desert"
4. (rare, uncommon) = marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree"
5. (rare, rarefied, rarified) = having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"
6. (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside; "rare roast beef"