The Clue
Support (4 letter answer)
The Answer
PROP
Tags
Notes
The answer PROP is seen frequently, appearing about once every 190 puzzles.
Related Clues
Brace
Fulcrum
Holdup?
Plaything
Reinforce
Stay
Strengthen
Strengthener
Sustain
Brace; bolster
Grip's concern
Hold (up)
Kind of jet
Play thing
Rigid support
Set item
Set piece
Shore up
Stage accessory
Stage aid
Stage bit
Stage convenience
Stage device
Stage item
Stage phone
Stage piece
Stagehand's responsibility
Support, with "up"
Yorick's skull, for one
Cigar, to George Burns
Item in an actor's hand
Piece of stage setting
Stage phone, e.g.
Stage telephone, e.g.
Stogie, to George Burns
Tangible stage item
Telephone onstage, e.g.
Telephone on a stage, e.g.
Charlie Chaplin's cane, e.g.
Definition
PROP as a noun:
1. a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling
2. (property, prop) = any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie; "before every scene he ran down his checklist of props"
3. (airplane propeller, airscrew, prop) = a propeller that rotates to push against air
PROP as a verb:
1. (prop up, prop, shore up, shore) = support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore and buttress an old building"