One might be made of bread crumbs (5 letters)

{ Answer }

TRAIL

{ Related Clues }

Follow
Oregon ___
Path
Scent
Shadow
Straggle
Bridle path
The Cherokee, e.g.
Chisholm, e.g.
Chisolm or Appalachian
Come in second
Cowboy route
Lag behind
Put a bloodhound on
Winding way
Bring up the rear
Chisholm or Santa Fe
Crumbs, in "Hansel and Gretel"
Ho Chi Minh is one
Join the also-rans
Line on a forest map
Lonesome Pine way
Oregon or Santa Fe
Have some catching up to do

{ Tags }

be, behind, bring, chisholm, crumbs, eg, fe, follow, hikers, lag, lonesome, oregon, path, pine, rear, santa, shadow, straggle, trail, up, way

{ Notes }

The answer TRAIL is common and appears about once every 225 puzzles.

{ Definition }

TRAIL as a noun:

1. a track or mark left by something that has passed; "there as a trail of blood"; "a tear left its trail on her cheek"

2. a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country

3. (lead, track, trail) = evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"

TRAIL as a verb:

1. (drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind) = to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"

2. (chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track) = go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"

3. (trail, shack) = move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly; "John trailed behind his class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart"

4. hang down so as to drag along the ground; "The bride's veiled trailed along the ground"

5. (trail, train) = drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground; "The toddler was trailing his pants"; "She trained her long scarf behind her"