The Clue
Wayne quality (4 letter answer)
The Answer
GRIT
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Notes
The answer GRIT is common and appears about once every 200 puzzles.
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Fortitude
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Pluck
Sand
Spunk
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Bits of sand
Grind, as teeth
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Sandpaper coating
Sandpaper surface
Staying power
Stick-to-itiveness
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Horatio Alger hero's virtue
It's stuck in beach sandals
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Definition
GRIT as a noun:
1. (grit, gritrock, gritstone) = a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
2. (backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumption) = fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it"
GRIT as a verb:
1. cover with a grit; "grit roads"
2. clench together; "grit one's teeth"