The Clue
Role for Pavlova (4 letter answer)
The Answer
SWAN
Tags
Notes
The answer SWAN is seen frequently, appearing about once every 130 puzzles.
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Ballet bird
Ballet lake
Ballet subject
Beautiful swimmer
Bird in a bevy
Certain trumpeter
Cob or pen
Constellation Cygnus
Exemplar of grace
Graceful bird
Graceful swimmer
Graceful trumpeter
Grown cygnet
Kind of dive
Kind of song
Lohengrin, the Knight of the ___
Matured cygnet
Northern constellation, with "the"
Pen, e.g.
Pen with eggs
Pond swimmer
Symbol of grace
Symbol of gracefulness
Tchaikovsky's "___ Lake"
Trumpeter, e.g.
Trumpeting bird
The ugly duckling
Water bird
Whooper, e.g.
One of Zeus's disguises
Bird portrayed by Pavlova
Long-necked bird
Park lake denizen
Shakespeare, "Sweet ___ of Avon"
Trumpeter with a prominent neck
Type of dive or song
Ugly Duckling, actually
Ugly duckling's metamorphosis
Zeus, in another form
Zeus, as seen by Leda
Sweet ___ of Avon (epithet for Shakespeare)
Pavlova portrayed one over 4,000 times
Definition
SWAN as a noun:
1. stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
SWAN as a verb:
1. (affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear) = to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"
2. (roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond) = move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
3. sweep majestically; "Airplanes were swanning over the mountains"