The Clue
Tatter (3 letter answer)
The Answer
TAG
Tags
Notes
The answer TAG is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.
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Der ___
Graffitize
Handle
Identify
Label
Phone ___
Telephone ___
Backyard sport
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Chase game
Children's game
Child's game
Child's play
Curlicue, in writing
Dog's ID
Give a nickname
Graffitist's trademark
"It" game
The "it" game
It's game
Kind of team
License plate
Make "it"
Make it?
Name, slangily
Playground game
Put out
Schoolyard game
Touch and go?
"___, you're it!"
Dangler on an item for sale
Finishing touch on a diamond?
Graffiti artist's "signature"
Hanger in a clothing shop
Spray-can art
Word with end or line
"You're it!" game
It chases people in it
Put out, as a base runner
Action before crying "You're it!"
It may put someone out
Definition
TAG as a noun:
1. a label made of cardboard or plastic or metal
2. (rag, shred, tag, tag end, tatter) = a small piece of cloth or paper
3. a game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser
4. (sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game)
TAG as a verb:
1. (tag, label, mark) = attach a tag or label to; "label these bottles"
2. touch a player while he is holding the ball
3. provide with a name or nickname
4. (chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track) = go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"
5. supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes