The Clue
Voltaire's weapon (3 letter answer)
The Answer
PEN
Tags
Notes
The answer PEN is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.
Related Clues
Compose
Confine
Corral
Enclosure
Indite
Stylograph
Stylus
Write
Ballpoint, e.g.
Bic or Schaefer
Cob's mate
Compose, in a way
Cross promotion?
Draft, say
Female swan
Fenced-in area
Flair, e.g.
Parker, e.g.
Pig pad
Place for play
Play enclosure
Shoat shelter
Signature piece?
Sow's home
Stylograph's relative
Sword's surpasser
Writing implement
One chained to a desk, say
Check endorser's need
Confident solver's tool
Cross of gold, perhaps
Hotel room amenity
Intl. writers' org.
It comes to a point
Place to take stock?
Site of ink...or oink
Tom Paine's weapon
"The tongue of the mind": Cervantes
White House souvenir
Word with bull or fountain
Word with cow or bull
Item mightier than the sword
Place that's "up the river"
Its tip may be felt
Some folks are in it for life
Definition
PEN as a noun:
1. a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
2. an enclosure for confining livestock
3. (playpen, pen) = a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play
4. (penitentiary, pen) = a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes
5. female swan
PEN as a verb:
1. (write, compose, pen, indite) = produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"