The Clue
Robin Cook thriller (4 letter answer)
The Answer
COMA
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Notes
The answer COMA is seen frequently, appearing about once every 170 puzzles.
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Stupor
Thoughtlessness?
Torpor
Unconsciousness
Botanical tuft
Comet head
Comet's head
Cook book
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Hospital status
Hospitalized condition
Stuporous sleep
Time out?
Unconscious state
Unresponsive state
Unwakable state
1978 Bujold film
1978 movie thriller
Book by Robin Cook
Film "sleeper" of 1978
Hospitalized patient's state
Knocked-out state
Possible result of a shock
Result of a concussion, maybe
Result of going out?
Result of trauma, maybe
Robin Cook novel
Robin Cook title
Best seller in '77, by Cook
Best seller by Robin Cook
Michael Douglas film: 1978
Result of a big hit, maybe
Result of a serious head injury
Robin Cook best seller
There's no sense in it
What a conk on the head may produce
Definition
COMA as a noun:
1. (coma, comatoseness) = a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury
2. a usually terminal tuft of hairs especially on a seed
3. (astronomy) the luminous cloud of particles surrounding the frozen nucleus of a comet; forms as the comet approaches the sun and is warmed