The Clue
Shoe strips (5 letter answer)
The Answer
RANDS
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Notes
The answer RANDS is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1200 puzzles.
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Definition
RAND as a noun:
1. the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents
2. (Rand, Ayn Rand) = United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her polemical novels and political conservativism (1905-1982)
3. (Witwatersrand, Rand, Reef) = a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese