The Clue
Valuable fur (5 letter answer)
The Answer
SABLE
Tags
Notes
The answer SABLE is common and appears about once every 225 puzzles.
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Definition
SABLE as a noun:
1. (sable, sable brush, sable's hair pencil) = an artist's brush made of sable hairs
2. the expensive dark brown fur of the marten
3. (coal black, ebony, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot black) = a very dark black
4. a scarf (or trimming) made of sable
5. (sable, Martes zibellina) = marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur
SABLE as an adjective:
1. of a dark somewhat brownish black