Braids (4 letters)

{ Answer }

CUES

{ Related Clues }

Hints
Intimations
Signals
Suggestions
Actors' concerns
Barroom sticks
Billiard sticks
Breaking sticks
Help from prompters
Pool needs
Pool sticks
Rods for "Fats"
Snooker sticks
Some nods
Sticks in a bar?
Sticks on a table
Wink, nudge, etc.
Array in a pool hall
Baton waves, e.g.
Hints at the pool table?
Implements for Minnesota Fats
Sticks in the rec room
They're waited for at a theater
What directors give
Sticks around a game parlor
They may come from the wings
Providers of tips for improving one's English?
Striking things about rec rooms

{ Tags }

around, braids, cues, directors, fats, game, give, hints, intimations, parlor, pool, rec, signals, snooker, sticks, table, theater, they, waited, what, wings

{ Notes }

The answer CUES is uncommon, appearing about once every 400 puzzles.

{ Definition }

CUE as a noun:

1. an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech

2. (clue, clew, cue) = evidence that helps to solve a problem

3. (discriminative stimulus, cue) = a stimulus that provides information about what to do

4. (cue, cue stick, pool cue, pool stick) = sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards

CUE as a verb:

1. (prompt, remind, cue) = assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned