The Clue
Reddish, perhaps (4 letter answer)
The Answer
RARE
Tags
Notes
The answer RARE is very common and appears about once every 36 puzzles.
Related Clues
"Bloody"
Choice
Excellent
Exceptional
Infrequent
Recherché
Reddish
Scarce
Scattered
Singular
Thin
Uncommon
Underdone
Unusual
Unwonted
Barely cooked
Coin rating
Facing extinction
Hard to find
Like cerium
Like a nonesuch
Like praseodymium
Numismatist's classification
Pink, say
Pinkish, as a steak
Practically unheard-of
Seldom seen
Slightly cooked
Steak order
Bloody, so to speak
Like certain books
Like hurricanes in January
Like a June day
Like snow in Tampa
Like an underdone steak
Like the whooping crane
"O ___ Ben Jonson!"
Opposite of well done
Red on the inside, as a steak
Still red, as a steak
Word for Ben Jonson
Description on many eBay listings
On the hoof, in lunch counter lingo
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"