The Clue
"The ___ Game," 1977 play (3 letter answer)
The Answer
GIN
Tags
Notes
The answer GIN is seen frequently, appearing about once every 130 puzzles.
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Snare
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Bar order
The Cronyns' game
Game cry
Kind of mill
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A martini base
Martini base
Martini ingredient
Martini maker
Rummy game
Spirit in a sling
Tonic go-with
Triumphant shout
Type of rummy
Vodka's rival
Become empty-handed?
Call in a game for two
Card game cry
Card game with knocking
Card game for two
Card player's declaration
Certain game ending
Cry at the card table
Game winner's cry
Game-winning cry
Ingredient in a Blue Pacific
It's often in a sling
Orange blossom ingredient
Pink lady ingredient
Singapore sling ingredient
Tom Collins ingredient
Cotton seed remover
Certain game-ending cry
Clear libation popular in England
It's played with two hands
Winning cry in a card game
Definition
GIN as a noun:
1. strong liquor flavored with juniper berries
2. (snare, gin, noose) = a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
3. (cotton gin, gin) = a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers
4. (gin, gin rummy, knock rummy) = a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points
GIN as a verb:
1. separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin
2. trap with a snare; "gin game"