The Clue
Stays (7 letter answer)
The Answer
REMAINS
Tags
Notes
The answer REMAINS is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1300 puzzles.
Related Clues
Detritus
Lasts
Anagram of SEMINAR
Continues unchanged
Stays behind
What's left
Picked-over items
Definition
REMAINS as a noun:
1. any object that is left unused or still extant; "I threw out the remains of my dinner"
2. (cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains) = the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"
REMAIN as a verb:
1. (stay, remain, rest) = stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"
2. (stay, stay on, continue, remain) = continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"
3. be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.; "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war"
4. (persist, remain, stay) = stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"