The Clue
Sounds like a broken record (5 letter answer)
The Answer
SKIPS
Tags
Notes
The answer SKIPS is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1000 puzzles.
Related Clues
Disregards
Elides
Gambols
Omits
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Captains, informally
Is happy-footed
Passes up
Record problems
Goes from the first to the third grade
Definition
SKIP as a noun:
1. a gait in which steps and hops alternate
2. (omission, skip) = a mistake resulting from neglect
SKIP as a verb:
1. (jump, pass over, skip, skip over) = bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"
2. (cut, skip) = intentionally fail to attend; "cut class"
3. (hop, skip, hop-skip) = jump lightly
4. (decamp, skip, vamoose) = leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town"
5. (skip, bound off) = bound off one point after another
6. (skim, skip, skitter) = cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"