The Clue
Withdrawal (4 letter answer)
The Answer
EXIT
Tags
Notes
The answer EXIT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.
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Depart
Departure
Egress
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Cobb's "___ Laughing"
Highway diversion
Kind of poll
Leave the stage
Lighted sign
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Parkway sign
Sartre's "No ___"
Sign on a door
Sign in a hospital
Sign in a theater
Stage direction
Stairwell sign
Take off
Theater sign
Tollbooth site
Turnpike sign
Way to go
Way out
Lighted sign in a theater
Part of a Sartre title
Split, so to speak
Where to get off
Lighted sign near a stairway
Definition
EXIT as a noun:
1. (exit, issue, outlet, way out) = an opening that permits escape or release; "he blocked the way out"; "the canyon had only one issue"
2. (passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release) = euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"
3. the act of going out
EXIT as a verb:
1. (exit, go out, get out, leave) = move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"
2. lose the lead
3. (die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it) = pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"