The Clue
Temper; humor (4 letter answer)
The Answer
MOOD
Tags
Notes
The answer MOOD is common and appears about once every 200 puzzles.
Related Clues
Atmosphere
Attitude
Disposition
Feeling
Humor
Indicative, for one
"___ Indigo"
___ ring
Temper
Temperament
Ellington's "___ Indigo"
Emotional tone
Frame of mind
General feeling
Indicative, e.g.
Mind-set
Prevailing attitude
Something that swings
State of mind
Anticipation or sadness, e.g.
Ellington's was "indigo"
General emotional state
Happy or sad feeling
It may swing
Kind of ring or swing
It may be imperative
What some rings measure
Word before ring or swing
It may be happy or grumpy
It may be indicated with a ring
It may be set with candlelight
It may be set with music
Definition
MOOD as a noun:
1. (temper, mood, humor, humour) = a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor"
2. (climate, mood) = the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion"; "the national mood had changed radically since the last election"
3. (mood, mode, modality) = verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker