The Clue
Rush-hour subway rider, metaphorically (7 letter answer)
The Answer
SARDINE
Tags
Notes
The answer SARDINE is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1100 puzzles.
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Food fish
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Symbol of tight packing
One in a tight spot?
Rush-hour subway rider, facetiously
Definition
SARDINE as a noun:
1. (sardine, pilchard) = small fatty fish usually canned
2. any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned
3. (sard, sardine, sardius) = a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony
4. (pilchard, sardine, Sardina pilchardus) = small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring