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The Clue

Sharp (6 letter answer)

The Answer

THORNY

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Notes

The answer THORNY is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 2100 puzzles.

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Definition

THORNY as an adjective:

1. bristling with perplexities; "the thorny question of states' rights"
2. (barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny) = having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"