The Clue
Shutterbug's gauge (5 letter answer)
The Answer
METER
Tags
Notes
The answer METER is seen frequently, appearing about once every 160 puzzles.
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Curbside sight
European yard
European's "yard"
Foot pattern?
Kind of maid
A kind of reader
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Lyricist's concern
Measuring device
Olympics length
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Poetic device
Poet's concern
Poet's consideration
Poet's constraint
Poet's rhythm
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Taxi feature
Taxi's ticker
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Toned Down
Verse form
Verse rhythm
Versifier's concern
Whittier concern
It's fed at curbside
Olympic race unit
Parking-place fixture
Parking space adjunct
Rhythm for Richard Wilbur
Word with kilo or centi
Word with maid or man
Its favorite word is "Violation"
What a reader may read
Word after parking or postage
It needs to be fed frequently
Something that's fed along a street
What an urban maid may watch
Definition
METER as a noun:
1. (meter, metre, m) = the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
2. any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity
3. (meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence) = (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
4. (meter, metre, time) = rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
METER as a verb:
1. measure with a meter; "meter the flow of water"
2. stamp with a meter indicating the postage; "meter the mail"