The Clue
Variety (4 letter answer)
The Answer
TYPE
Tags
Notes
The answer TYPE is common and appears about once every 250 puzzles.
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Letters
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Bang out
Book marks
Classify, as blood
Dating consideration
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Enter with a keyboard
Enter, in a way
Font contents
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A or O, e.g.
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Definition
TYPE as a noun:
1. a subdivision of a particular kind of thing; "what type of sculpture do you prefer?"
2. (character, eccentric, type, case) = a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case"
3. (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon
4. printed characters; "small type is hard to read"
5. a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper; "he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up"
6. all of the tokens of the same symbol; "the word `element' contains five different types of character"
TYPE as a verb:
1. (type, typewrite) = write by means of a keyboard with types; "type the acceptance letter, please"
2. (type, typecast) = identify as belonging to a certain type; "Such people can practically be typed"