The Clue
Tater (4 letter answer)
The Answer
SPUD
Tags
Notes
The answer SPUD is common and appears about once every 250 puzzles.
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___ Chandler, ex-Yankee pitcher
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Definition
SPUD as a noun:
1. (potato, white potato, Irish potato, murphy, spud, tater) = an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
2. (spud, stump spud) = a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds
SPUD as a verb:
1. initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum; "The well was spudded in April"
2. (shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout) = produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"