The Clue
Some spiders (4 letter answer)
The Answer
PANS
Tags
Notes
The answer PANS is common and appears about once every 325 puzzles.
Related Clues
Animadverts
Criticizes
Kitchenware
Knocks
Rips
Roasts
Slates
Bad reviews
Cook's collection
Criticizes, as a movie
Criticizes severely
D- reviews
Follows with a camera
Goes for the gold?
Kitchen utensils
Lousy reviews
Nasty reviews
Oil receptacles
Opposite of raves
Partner of pots
Poor reviews
Pots' pals
Producers' fears
Prospectors' receptacles
Reviews unfavorably
Roasts, in a way
Shivaree implements
Spiders on stoves
One-star ratings
Gets gold in a way
Gives a bad review
Gives no stars
Gives zero stars to
Some film shots ... or reactions
Definition
PAN as a noun:
1. (pan, cooking pan) = cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel
2. (Pan, goat god) = (Greek mythology) god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks; represented as a man with goat's legs and horns and ears; identified with Roman Sylvanus or Faunus
3. shallow container made of metal
4. (Pan, genus Pan) = chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids
PAN as a verb:
1. make a sweeping movement; "The camera panned across the room"
2. (pan, pan out, pan off) = wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals
3. (pan, tear apart, trash) = express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned the performance"