The Clue
Sled piece (6 letter answer)
The Answer
RUNNER
Tags
Notes
The answer RUNNER is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1300 puzzles.
Related Clues
Candidate
Salazar or Roe
Skate blade
Sled part
Sleigh part
Alberto Salazar, e.g.
Hall floor cover
Long, narrow carpet
Definition
RUNNER as a noun:
1. (smuggler, runner, contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser) = someone who imports or exports without paying duties
2. someone who travels on foot by running
3. a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents; "he sent a runner over with the contract"
4. (base runner, runner) = a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
5. (stolon, runner, offset) = a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
6. a trained athlete who competes in foot races
7. a long narrow carpet
8. device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
9. (runner, blue runner, Caranx crysos) = fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil