The Clue
Turnpike charges (5 letter answer)
The Answer
TOLLS
Tags
Notes
The answer TOLLS is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 600 puzzles.
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Charges
Exactions
Fares
Rings
Bridge charges
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" . . . it ___ for thee"
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Turnpike tabs
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E-ZPass charges
End of a Hemingway title
Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell ___"
Rings, as a church bell
Donne's bell does this
Sounds like Donne's bell
Definition
TOLL as a noun:
1. a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)
2. (price, cost, toll) = value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something; "the cost in human life was enormous"; "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?"
3. (bell, toll) = the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells"
TOLL as a verb:
1. ring slowly; "For whom the bell tolls"
2. charge a fee for using; "Toll the bridges into New York City"