Central Africa's Lake ___ (4 letters)

{ Answer }

CHAD

{ Related Clues }

African lake
African nation
African republic
Election hanger-on?
Lake in Africa
Libyan neighbor
McQueen of movies
N'Djamena's land
N'Djamena's nation
Neighbor of Libya
Neighbor of Niger
Neighbor of Nigeria
Neighbor of Sudan
Niger neighbor
Republic of Africa
2000 election scrap
African lake or republic
Data card debris
Fort-Lamy's land
Its capital is N'Djamena
Jeremy's singing partner
Landlocked African land
N'Djamena is its capital
Nigerian border lake
Part of a punch ballot
Punch card fallout
One that's punched out
Voting booth hanger-on?
Country or its largest lake
It may have a dimple
One left hanging after an election?
One may be left hanging
Paper ballot punch-out
Something on which an election hangs?
U.N. member as of Sept. 20, 1960

{ Tags }

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{ Notes }

The answer CHAD is seen frequently, appearing about once every 180 puzzles.

{ Definition }

CHAD as a noun:

1. a small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape

2. (Lake Chad, Chad) = a lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river

3. (Chad, Republic of Chad, Tchad) = a landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa; was under French control until 1960

4. (Chad, Chadic, Chadic language) = a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa