The Clue
Straight, or straightened (4 letter answer)
The Answer
NEAT
Tags
Notes
The answer NEAT is very common and appears about once every 41 puzzles.
Related Clues
Cool
Kempt
Natty
Nifty
In order
Orderly
Shipshape
Spiffy
Spruce
Straight
"Swell!"
Tidy
Trig
Uncluttered
Undiluted
Devoid of rocks?
Free from admixture
Not sloppy
Sans ice
Sans mixers
Straight up
Unmixed, as a drink
Well-executed
Without ice
Without a mixer
In apple-pie order
"___ but not gaudy"
___ but not gaudy
Straight up, as a nip of rye
Straight up or straightened up
Not having a thing out of place
Definition
NEAT as an adjective:
1. clean or orderly; "her neat dress"; "a neat room"
2. showing care in execution; "neat homework"; "neat handwriting"
3. (neat, refined, tasteful) = free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset"
4. (clean, neat) = free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed; "he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"; "a clean throw"; "the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife"
5. (bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing) = very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
6. (neat, straight, full-strength) = without water; "took his whiskey neat"