The Clue
Rhyme: Part III (5 letter answer)
The Answer
NEVER
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Notes
The answer NEVER is seen frequently, appearing about once every 150 puzzles.
Related Clues
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"___ on Sunday"
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"Absolutely not!"
Absolutely not
Decisive refusal
Defiant reply
Diehard's cry
Diehard's vow
Emphatic no
Emphatic refusal
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"It ___ happened"
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"No way!"
No way!
Not at all
Now alternative
Now's alternative
Now's opposite
"Positively not!"
"___ say die"
"Well, I ___!"
"In your dreams!"
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" . . . ___ go to sea": Gilbert
"___ on Sunday," 1960 film
"___ on Sunday," Mercouri film
When donkeys fly
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Farrell's "A World I ___ Made"
"No way, no how!"
"Over my dead body!"
"When hell freezes over!"
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Definition
NEVER as an adverb:
1. (never, ne'er) = not ever; at no time in the past or future; "I have never been to China"; "I shall never forget this day"; "had never seen a circus"; "never on Sunday"; "I will never marry you!"
2. not at all; certainly not; not in any circumstances; "never fear"; "bringing up children is never easy"; "that will never do"; "what is morally wrong can never be politically right"