The Clue
Weak (4 letter answer)
The Answer
LAME
Tags
Notes
The answer LAME is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.
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Crippled
Hamstrung
Hobble
Hobbling
Inadequate
Sorry
Unconvincing
An anagram for male
Brain or duck
Break a leg?
Brocaded fabric
Cloth of gold
Couturier's fabric
Fancy fabric
Glittery fabric
Gold cloth
Half-baked
Hardly believable
Ill composed
Kind of duck
Kind of excuse
Liberace fabric
Limping, say
Metallic cloth
Metallic fabric
Ornamental fabric
Rich fabric
Rich material
Shiny cloth
Weak, as an excuse
___ duck (reelection loser)
Kind of duck or excuse
Like some excuses
Poor, as excuses go
Type of duck or excuse
Fabric with gold or silver threads
Getting hardly any laughs
Definition
LAME as a noun:
1. (square, lame) = someone who doesn't understand what is going on
2. a fabric interwoven with threads of metal; "she wore a gold lame dress"
LAME as a verb:
1. (cripple, lame) = deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg; "The accident has crippled her for life"
LAME as an adjective:
1. (feeble, lame) = pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument"
2. (crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, game) = disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"