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The Clue
Tiny (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ELFIN
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Notes
The answer ELFIN is common and appears about once every 250 puzzles.
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Definition
ELFIN as an adjective:
1. (elfin, fey) = suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness; "thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning"; "the fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday"- John Mason Brown
2. (elfin, elflike) = small and delicate; "she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate"; "obsessed by things elfin and small"
3. relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf; "elfin bells"; "all the little creatures joined in the elfin dance"
4. (elfin, elfish, elvish) = usually good-naturedly mischievous; "perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight"; "elvish tricks"