The Clue
Set down (4 letter answer)
The Answer
LAID
Tags
Notes
The answer LAID is common and appears about once every 225 puzzles.
Related Clues
Bet
Deposited
Installed
In place
Placed
Positioned
Put
Wagered
Anagram for dial
___ back (relaxed)
___-back (relaxed)
"The best ___ schemes . . . "
Dial backward
"Dial" backwards
Dial backwards
Dismissed, with "off"
___ end to end
Homophone for lade
Installed, as tile
Installed, as track
Like cornerstones
Like an egg
___ out (arranged)
In position, as a cornerstone
Produced an egg
Put down
Set (down)
Set in place
"The best ___ schemes . . . ": Burns
___ an egg (flopped on Broadway)
Produced and deposited, as an egg
"And I ___ me down . . . ": R.L.S.
"And I ___ me down with a will": R.L.S.
Definition
LAY as a verb:
1. (put, set, place, pose, position, lay) = put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
2. (lay, put down, repose) = put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"
3. prepare or position for action or operation; "lay a fire"; "lay the foundation for a new health care plan"
4. lay eggs; "This hen doesn't lay"
5. impose as a duty, burden, or punishment; "lay a responsibility on someone"
LAID as an adjective:
1. (laid, set) = set down according to a plan:"a carefully laid table with places set for four people"; "stones laid in a pattern"