Mean - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'mean' is the definition.
(I know that mean can be written as average)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for average that I've seen before include "Normal amount" , "'Medium, middling (7)'" , "Mean - medium" , "Mean - everyday" , "Normal; mean" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times, The Irish Independent, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Times, The Sunday Times, the Evening Standard and The Guardian.

'mean' is the definition.
(I know that signify is a more specific form of mean)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for signify that I've seen before include "Show" , "Indicate or declare" , "Be an indication of" , "mean" , "Have meaning" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times, The Irish Independent, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Times, The Sunday Times, the Evening Standard and The Guardian.

'mean' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for medium that I've seen before include "Average or intermediate" , "The middle between two extremes" , "TV, say" , "Spiritualist who conducts seances" , "Spirits of dead people are said to communicate through one" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times, the Penny Press, The New York Times, the King Feature Syndicate, The Mirror, the Evening Standard, The Independent, The Star Tribune, The Guardian, the USA Today and The Telegraph.

'mean' is the definition.
(to intend to something is to mean it)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for intend that I've seen before include "Mean (to do something)" , "Tinned (anag.)" , "Purport" , "Aim, plan" , "Contemplate - mean - plan" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times, the Penny Press, The New York Times, the King Feature Syndicate, The Mirror, the Evening Standard, The Independent, The Star Tribune, The Guardian, the USA Today and The Telegraph.

'mean' is the definition.
(both can mean miserly)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for stingy that I've seen before include "Close" , "'Mean, miserly (6)'" , "Mean, niggardly" , "Tight with money" , "Mean, ungenerous" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times, the Penny Press, The New York Times, the King Feature Syndicate, The Mirror, the Evening Standard, The Independent, The Star Tribune, The Guardian, the USA Today and The Telegraph.

'mean' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for unkind that I've seen before include "Hardhearted" , "Harsh, pitiless" , "Cold-hearted" , "Cruel, harsh" , "beastly to others?" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times, the Penny Press, The New York Times, the King Feature Syndicate, The Mirror, the Evening Standard, The Independent, The Star Tribune, The Guardian, the USA Today and The Telegraph.

'mean' is the definition.
(as in what a speaker means or is 'getting at')

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for get at that I've seen before include "Nobble; gain access to" , "Pick on - gain access to" , "Unfairly influence" , "Criticise (someone)" , "Reach - mean - attack verbally" .)

Mean (6)