The Clue
Prepare an orange (4 letter answer)
The Answer
PEEL
Tags
Notes
The answer PEEL is seen frequently, appearing about once every 120 puzzles.
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Disrobe
Pare
Rind
Shed
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Strip
Unclothe
Undress
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Bakery implement
Bakery tool
Banana discard
Banana waste
Curacao ingredient
Cut away
Drink garnish
Emma of "The Avengers"
Flake (off)
Kind of rind
Orange exterior
Orange waste
Strip off
Suffer from sunburn
Day spa treatment
Do a K.P. job
Do a KP job
Do k.p. work
Eponymous British Bobby
"Father of London's bobbies"
Leave in a hurry, with "out"
Result of a day at the beach?
Stage after a sunburn
Sir Robert of London's bobbies
Definition
PEEL as a noun:
1. (skin, rind, peel) = the tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit)
2. (Peel, Robert Peel, Sir Robert Peel) = British politician (1788-1850)
3. (peel, skin) = the rind of a fruit or vegetable
PEEL as a verb:
1. (skin, peel, pare) = strip the skin off; "pare apples"
2. (peel off, peel, flake off, flake) = come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off"
3. (undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel) = get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"