The Clue
Rate, in tennis (4 letter answer)
The Answer
SEED
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Notes
The answer SEED is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.
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Issue
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Basis of development
Basis of growth
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Garden starter
Gardener's item
Gardener's purchase
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Item for a gardener
Kind of money
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Pip or pit
Plant-to-be
Plant of the future
Propagative source
Something to go to
Sower's grower
Start of something
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Kind of oyster or pearl
Mature plant ovule
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Rate, as players at Wimbledon
Third-day creation
" . . . like to a grain of mustard ___": Matt. 13:31
Definition
SEED as a noun:
1. a small hard fruit
2. a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
3. (seeded player, seed) = one of the outstanding players in a tournament
4. (source, seed, germ) = anything that provides inspiration for later work
5. (semen, seed, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come) = the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
SEED as a verb:
1. go to seed; shed seeds; "The dandelions went to seed"
2. help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money
3. bear seeds
4. (sow, sough, seed) = place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She sowed sunflower seeds"
5. distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
6. sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain; "seed clouds"
7. inoculate with microorganisms
8. remove the seeds from; "seed grapes"