The Clue
Unnatural desire to eat chalk, ashes, etc. (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
Type 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
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