The Clue
Slippery customer (3 letter answer)
The Answer
EEL
Tags
Notes
The answer EEL is very common and appears about once every 29 puzzles.
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Definition
EEL as a noun:
1. the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
2. voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins