The Clue
Revered object (4 letter answer)
The Answer
ICON
Tags
Notes
The answer ICON is seen frequently, appearing about once every 60 puzzles.
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Image
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Pop ___
Representation
Simulacrum
Symbol
Cathedral display
Clickable symbol
Computer figure
Computer image
Desktop feature
Folder, sometimes
Graven image
The Iberian Madonna is one
Many a celebrity
Object of worship
PC pic
Religious image
Religious picture
Representation of a sort
Sacred image
Sacred picture
Sacred symbol
Saint's image
On-screen image
Screen symbol
Something to click
Computer screen image
File folder, e.g.
It stands for something
James Dean, e.g.
Macintosh screen symbol
PC directory feature
Trash can, perhaps
U2's Bono, e.g.
Little figure on a computer screen
Trash can on a desktop, e.g.
It may be seen in a window
Something a computer user may click
Definition
ICON as a noun:
1. (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface
2. (picture, image, icon, ikon) = a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"
3. (icon, ikon) = a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church