The Clue
Sleep stage, for short (3 letter answer)
The Answer
REM
Tags
Notes
The answer REM is seen frequently, appearing about once every 110 puzzles.
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Ad ___
___ cycle
___ sleep
Ad ___ (pertinent)
Ad ___ (to the point)
Ad ___ (relevant)
Dream evidence
Dream inits.
Dreaming phenomenon
Dreamy acronym
Hypnologist's subject
Kind of sleep
"Nightswimming" band
Radiation unit
Sleep stage
Sleep state
"Stand" band
Unit of radiation
Crucial sleep stage
Dream state, for short
Dreamer's activity, for short
"Everybody Hurts" band
"The One I Love" group
Michael Stipe's band
Nocturnal cycle occurrence
Part of a sleep cycle
Post-retirement occurrence
Sleep phase, familiarly
Sleep-research abbr.
Band with the #1 album "Monster"
Band with the 1989 hit "Stand"
Band with the 1994 album "Monster"
Dreamer's eye movement, for short
Like some sleep, for short
Band with the 1994 #1 album "Monster"
It has you seeing things
Definition
REM as a noun:
1. (paradoxical sleep, rapid eye movement sleep, REM sleep, rapid eye movement, REM) = a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep
2. (Roentgen Equivalent Man) the dosage of ionizing radiation that will cause the same amount of injury to human tissue as 1 roentgen of X-rays