The Clue
Type of story (4 letter answer)
The Answer
FISH
Tags
Notes
The answer FISH is common and appears about once every 250 puzzles.
Related Clues
Angle
Bass, for one
Gefi1te ___
Perch
Burbot or turbot
Carp or flounder
Christian symbol
Cod or scrod
"___ or cut bait"
Dace or plaice
Drop a line?
Garibaldi, e.g.
Go for a bite?
Ichthyologist's study
Kind of story
Menu heading
Menu section
Perch or pike
Perch or trout
Pike or perch
Plaice or dace
Pollock or pike
Pond occupant
Porgy and bass
Queriman or tetraodont
School group?
Sea horse, for one
Seek at random, with "for"
Take the bait?
Trawl or cast
Trawl haul
Trawler's haul
Vigoda role
Abe Vigoda role
Burbot or turbot, e.g.
Catch a few rays?
Easy mark, in cards
Kind of wife or fry
Person easily duped
Shore dinner entree
They take the bait
Dangle poles over a pier, say
It may be landed with a hook
Definition
FISH as a noun:
1. any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills; "the shark is a large fish"; "in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish"
2. the flesh of fish used as food; "in Japan most fish is eaten raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat"; "they have a chef who specializes in fish"
3. (Pisces, Fish) = (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces
4. (Pisces, Pisces the Fishes, Fish) = the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20
FISH as a verb:
1. (fish, angle) = seek indirectly; "fish for compliments"
2. catch or try to catch fish or shellfish; "I like to go fishing on weekends"