The Clue
Scholar of old Rome (5 letter answer)
The Answer
PLINY
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Notes
The answer PLINY is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 800 puzzles.
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Definition
PLINY as a noun:
1. (Pliny, Pliny the Younger, Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus) = Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder; author of books of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113)
2. (Pliny, Pliny the Elder, Gaius Plinius Secundus) = Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79)