The Clue
Timely (4 letter answer)
The Answer
RIPE
Tags
Notes
The answer RIPE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.
Related Clues
Auspicious
Developed
Mature
Mellow
Pickable
Ready
Smelly
Stinky
Fully developed
Fully prepared (for)
In one's prime
Properly aged
Ready to eat
Ready for picking
Ready to pluck
Ready for the reaper
Suitable for plucking
"Cherry ___," Herrick poem
Ready to be picked
Stinky, as gym clothes
What the time is, at times
Smelly, as post-workout clothes
Like many old gym socks
Definition
RIPE as an adjective:
1. (ripe, mature) = fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used; "ripe peaches"; "full-bodied mature wines"
2. fully prepared or eager; "the colonists were ripe for revolution"
3. (good, right, ripe) = most suitable or right for a particular purpose; "a good time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is ripe for great sociological changes"
4. at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge; "a ripe mind"
5. (advanced, ripe) = far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90"