The Clue
Type type (4 letter answer)
The Answer
PICA
Tags
Notes
The answer PICA is seen frequently, appearing about once every 180 puzzles.
Related Clues
1/6 of an inch
Elite alternative
Kind of type
Printer's measure
A regular type
One-sixth of an inch
Size of type
Type size
Type style
Type of type
Typesetter's unit
Typewriter type
12-point type
About 1/6 inch
Twelve-point type
Twelve points, to a typesetter
Abnormal craving to eat chalk, etc.
It's smaller than English
About 4.2 millimeters, in printing
Definition
PICA as a noun:
1. (em, pica em, pica) = a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing
2. (Pica, genus Pica) = magpies
3. (geophagy, geophagia, pica) = eating earth or clay or chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes or sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency