The Clue
They precede heels (5 letter answer)
The Answer
SOLES
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Notes
The answer SOLES is common and appears about once every 275 puzzles.
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Clogs at the bottom?
Cobbler's stock
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Flatfish varieties
Foot pads
Heels' forerunners
Heels' preceders
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Ones underfoot?
Parts of clogs
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Pump bottoms
Shoe bottoms
Shoe parts
Shoe sections
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Treaded surfaces
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Fish or Peruvian money
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Word with half or platform
Heels are attached to them
Heels go after them
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They often hit the ground running
Definition
SOL as a noun:
1. (sol, colloidal solution, colloidal suspension) = a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid
2. (Roman mythology) ancient Roman god; personification of the sun; counterpart of Greek Helios
3. (sol, soh, so) = the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization
SOLE as a noun:
1. the underside of footwear or a golf club
2. (sole, fillet of sole) = lean flesh of any of several flatfish
3. the underside of the foot
4. right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European
SOLE as a verb:
1. (sole, resole) = put a new sole on; "sole the shoes"