The Clue
Precipitates (5 letter answer)
The Answer
RAINS
Tags
Notes
The answer RAINS is common and appears about once every 300 puzzles.
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Actor Claude
Actor in "Notorious"
Bestows lavishly
Blessings on the plains
Boons for farmers
Claude of "Casablanca"
Claude of cinema
Comes down
Farmers' needs
A memorable Claude
Monsoon occurrences
"Notorious" actor
Parade stoppers
A season in India, with "the"
Spring events
Waters naturally
Actor in "Four Daughters"
Actor in "Notorious": 1946
Aids for the darling buds
Belasco portrayer: 1940
He played Belasco
The Invisible Man of 1933
"Invisible Man" Claude
Ombrometers measure them
Star of "The Invisible Man"
He portrayed Belasco: 1940
He portrayed David Belasco
They make lawns green
They may pound the pavement
What the monsoon season brings
He played David Belasco in 1940
He portrayed the police chief in "Casablanca"
Definition
RAIN as a noun:
1. (rain, rainfall) = water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
2. (rain, rainwater) = drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds
3. (rain, pelting) = anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; "a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults"
RAIN as a verb:
1. (rain, rain down) = precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"