The Clue
Square ___ (4 letter answer)
The Answer
MILE
Tags
Notes
The answer MILE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 160 puzzles.
Related Clues
One in 500?
"The Last ___"
Miss by a ___
1,760 yards
5,280 feet
Bannister's length
Denver's elevation
Distance measure
Eight furlongs
Fair distance
Go the extra ___
Liquori specialty
Marathon unit
Miss equivalent
Miss's equal
Miss's equivalent
Odometer unit
Part of a marathon
Relative of a knot
Treadmill unit
One turn of an odometer
1/500 of the Indianapolis 500
80% of the Kentucky Derby
About 1600 meters
About 4% of a marathon
Broncos' ___ High Stadium
Denver's ___ High Stadium
Distance of 5,280 feet
Distance for Sebastian Coe
"And he walked a crooked ___"
Horse-race distance
Track-meet event
Distance between some posts
Distance not run in the Olympics
Event not run in the Olympics
Four-minute distance, for some
This is 4/5 of Derby distance
Track event not in the Olympics
Two-thirds of the Belmont Stakes
It may be marked on a racetrack
Length of 14 2/3 football fields
Definition
MILE as a noun:
1. (mile, statute mile, stat mi, land mile, mi) = a unit of length equal to 1760 yards
2. (nautical mile, mile, mi, naut mi, knot, international nautical mile, air mile) = a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters
3. a large distance; "he missed by a mile"
4. (sea mile, mile) = a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 1828.8 meters (6000 feet)
5. (nautical mile, naut mi, mile, mi, geographical mile, Admiralty mile) = a British unit of length equivalent to 1,853.18 meters (6,082 feet)
6. (mile, Roman mile) = an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
7. (mile, Swedish mile) = a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
8. a footrace extending one mile; "he holds the record in the mile"