The Clue
Unrefined (6 letter answer)
The Answer
EARTHY
Tags
Notes
The answer EARTHY is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 800 puzzles.
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Definition
EARTHY as an adjective:
1. (coarse, crude, earthy, gross, vulgar) = conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited"
2. not far removed from or suggestive of nature; "the earthy taste of warm milk fresh from the cow"; "earthy smells of new-mown grass"
3. hearty and lusty; "an earthy enjoyment of life"
4. of or consisting of or resembling earth; "it had an earthy smell"; "only a little earthy bank separates me from the edge of the ocean"
5. (down-to-earth, earthy) = sensible and practical; "has a straightforward down-to-earth approach to a problem"; "her earthy common sense"