The Clue
"When hell freezes over" (5 letter answer)
The Answer
NEVER
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Notes
The answer NEVER is seen frequently, appearing about once every 150 puzzles.
Related Clues
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"___ on Sunday"
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Absolute negative
"Absolutely not!"
Decisive refusal
Defiant cry
Definite turndown
Diehard's cry
Diehard's vow
"___ give a sucker . . . "
Haughty refusal
"It ___ happened"
At no time
"No way!"
In no way
No way!
Not at all
Now's alternative
Now's opposite
"___ say die"
___ say die
"Well, I ___!"
"Better late than ___"
Not even once
Not just "no!"
Rhyme: Part III
"___ on Sunday," 1960 film
"___ on Sunday," Mercouri film
"And ___ the twain shall meet"
"The Twelfth of ___," Mathis song
"When pigs fly!"
When pigs fly
"No way, no how!"
"Over my dead body!"
"When hell freezes over!"
When Hell freezes over!
When some things change
"I'll ___ Smile Again," 1939 song
Definition
NEVER as an adverb:
1. (never, ne'er) = not ever; at no time in the past or future; "I have never been to China"; "I shall never forget this day"; "had never seen a circus"; "never on Sunday"; "I will never marry you!"
2. not at all; certainly not; not in any circumstances; "never fear"; "bringing up children is never easy"; "that will never do"; "what is morally wrong can never be politically right"