The Clue
Summer acquisitions (4 letter answer)
The Answer
TANS
Tags
Notes
The answer TANS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 130 puzzles.
Related Clues
Bronzes
Browns
Khakis
Lambastes
Thrashes
Whips
Whops
Whups
Beach shades
Beach sights
Beats the backside of
Bronzes at the beach
Creates leather
Cures, as leather
Earth tones
Light colors
Light shades
Makes leather
Prepares hides
Prepares leather
Prepares, as leather
Shades at the beach
Turns bronze
Ultraviolet effects
UV effects
Works on leather
Catches some rays
Converts into leather
Converts skin to leather
Fire Island hues
Gets sun-bronzed
Makes into leather
Responds to UV rays
Some vacationers' acquisitions
Uses a UV lamp
What bronzers simulate
Whips but good
Evidences exposure to ultraviolet light
They may be sprayed on
Gets some color, as they say
Definition
TAN as a noun:
1. (tan, suntan, sunburn, burn) = a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
2. (tan, topaz) = a light brown the color of topaz
3. (tangent, tan) = ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
TAN as a verb:
1. treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather
2. (tan, bronze) = get a tan, from wind or sun