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The Verified Answer for What a rolling stone is unlikely to gather is:
- LICHEN
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Hint 1: Clue Explanation
▼“What a rolling stone is unlikely to gather” is historically moss, correct? That doesn’t fit, and Mr. Kingsley clued for LICHEN here, which is actually not even a plant, interestingly enough, although moss is. Although equally unlikely to grow on rolling stones, lichens do grow in ways similar to moss, with the important requirement of having symbiotic algae close by that actually perform the photosynthesis the lichen needs to grow, in exchange for a cozy spot to live, on the lichen. No rolling necessary or desired.