The Clue
West Coast travel hub, informally (3 letter answer)
The Answer
LAX
Tags
Notes
The answer LAX is common and appears about once every 200 puzzles.
Related Clues
Careless
Easygoing
Lenient
Loose
Negligent
Overpermissive
Remiss
Slack
Sloppy
Unstrict
Calif. airport
Calif. hub
Far from careful
Far from firm
Far from stringent
Hardly thorough
Loosey-goosey
Not severe
Poor, as security
Too permissive
Bradley Intl. letters
Calif. touchdown site
Hardly hard-nosed
Like some oversight
Like some parenting
Left Coast airport code
Left Coast airport letters
Not enforcing all the laws
West Coast air hub
West Coast airport, briefly
Busiest airport on the West Coast, informally
Flying Tiger Line hub, for short
Definition
LAX as an adjective:
1. (lax, slack) = lacking in rigor or strictness; "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline"
2. pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')
3. not taut or rigid; not stretched or held tight; "a lax rope"
4. (flaccid, lax, limp, slack) = lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "flaccid muscles"; "took his lax hand in hers"; "gave a limp handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip"
5. (lax, loose) = emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels"