Gardener's need (5 letters)

{ Answer }

SPADE

{ Related Clues }

One of a deck
Dig
Digger
Shovel
Spud
Black card
One in a black suit
Deck item
Digging tool
Fictional detective
Garden tool
Gardener's tool
Hammett figure
Hammett hero
Hammett sleuth
Sleuth Sam
Ditch digger's tool
One of a high suit in bridge
Kind of preliminary work
Part of a black suit
Heart beater in bridge bidding
Three-year-old stag

{ Tags }

black, bogart, deck, detective, digging, fictional, garden, gardeners, hammett, heart, hero, item, need, part, role, sam, sleuth, spade, suit, tool, work

{ Notes }

The answer SPADE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 170 puzzles.

{ Definition }

SPADE as a noun:

1. a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it; "she led a low spade"; "spades were trumps"

2. a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot

3. (nigger, nigga, spade, coon, jigaboo, nigra) = (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga"

SPADE as a verb:

1. dig (up) with a spade; "I spade compost into the flower beds"