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The Clue

Sand (4 letter answer)

The Answer

GRIT

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Notes

The answer GRIT is common and appears about once every 200 puzzles.

Related Clues

Backbone
Courage
Determination
Doggedness
Firmness
Fortitude
Nerve
Pluck
Spunk
Stamina
Clench
"True ___"
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Grind, as teeth
Gutsy quality
Indomitable spirit
Sandpaper surface
Staying power
Stick-to-itiveness
Strong spirit
Beach sandal problem
The Duke's was "True"
Stick-to-it-iveness
Horatio Alger hero's virtue
It bollixes up the machinery
It's stuck in beach sandals
"True ___," John Wayne film

Definition

GRIT as a noun:

1. (grit, gritrock, gritstone) = a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
2. (backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumption) = fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it"

GRIT as a verb:

1. cover with a grit; "grit roads"
2. clench together; "grit one's teeth"