The Clue
Routines (4 letter answer)
The Answer
RUTS
Tags
Notes
The answer RUTS is common and appears about once every 325 puzzles.
Related Clues
Channels
Furrows
Grooves
Potholes
Axle-breakers
Boring routines
Complete defeats
Deep grooves
Ennui builders
Monotonous routines
Muffler manglers
Road grooves
Road hazards
Sticking places
Tedious routines
Tiresome routines
Tracks in mud
Traffic slowers
Country-lane features
Country road features
Country-road features
Dead-end jobs
Dirt-road features
Dirt-road hazards
Metaphorical low points
Where wheels roll
Causes of some spinning wheels
Dead-end jobs, perhaps
They're hard to get out of
Reasons to resurface
Wagon trails have them
What wagon wheels may make
Definition
RUT as a noun:
1. a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)
2. (rut, groove) = a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; "they fell into a conversational rut"
3. (estrus, oestrus, heat, rut) = applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
RUT as a verb:
1. be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals
2. (furrow, rut, groove) = hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil"