The Clue
Weasel's kin (6 letter answer)
The Answer
FERRET
Tags
Notes
The answer FERRET is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 650 puzzles.
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Polecat
Detective sort
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Polecat's kin
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Type of polecat
Uncover, with "out"
Black-footed animal
Black-footed critter
Black-footed weasel
Domesticated European polecat
Pride : lion :: business : ___
Animal that drives rabbits from their burrows
Definition
FERRET as a noun:
1. (black-footed ferret, ferret, Mustela nigripes) = musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct
2. domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits
FERRET as a verb:
1. hound or harry relentlessly
2. hunt with ferrets
3. (ferret out, ferret) = search and discover through persistent investigation; "She ferreted out the truth"