The Clue
Winter blankets? (5 letter answer)
The Answer
SNOWS
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Notes
The answer SNOWS is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 750 puzzles.
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Definition
SNOW as a noun:
1. (snow, snowfall) = precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
2. a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground
3. (Snow, C. P. Snow, Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow of Leicester) = English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980)
4. (coke, blow, nose candy, snow, C) = street names for cocaine
SNOW as a verb:
1. fall as snow; "It was snowing all night"
2. (bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false) = conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"