Party offering (5 letters)

{ Answer }

SLATE

{ Related Clues }

Agenda
Blackboard
Blank ___
The candidates
Chalkboard
The nominees
Roofing
Schedule
Ticket
Ballot listing
Blue shade
Bluish gray
Convention decision
List of candidates
Offering to voters
Party list
Purplish gray
Roofing material
Root covering
Diner: menu:: elector: ___
It gets chalked
It's quarried in Vermont
Old school item
What aristarchs do
Writing implement of yore
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{ Tags }

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{ Notes }

The answer SLATE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 120 puzzles.

{ Definition }

SLATE as a noun:

1. (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate

2. (slate, slating) = thin layers of rock used for roofing

3. a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers

4. (slate, ticket) = a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices

SLATE as a verb:

1. designate or schedule; "He slated his talk for 9 AM"; "She was slated to be his successor"

2. enter on a list or slate for an election; "He was slated for borough president"

3. cover with slate; "slate the roof"