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The Clue
Steals, old-style (4 letter answer)
The Answer
NIMS
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The answer NIMS is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Definition
NIM as a noun:
1. game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them; in some versions the object is to take the last remaining matchstick on the table and in other versions the object is to avoid taking the last remaining matchstick on the table