| Perfected |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Mar 2026 |
| Gave an edge to |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Feb 2026 |
| Sharpened |
Universal |
11 Nov 2025 |
| Sharpened |
New York Times |
28 Sep 2025 |
| Sharp individual in Highland dress initially (5) |
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| Fine-tuned |
USA Today |
18 May 2025 |
| Sharpened |
Thomas Joseph |
10 May 2025 |
| Sharpened |
Universal |
10 May 2025 |
| Sharpened |
Thomas Joseph |
05 May 2025 |
| Honorary Editor now with a sharp edge presumably (5) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
16 Mar 2025 |
| Sharpened |
USA Today |
28 Feb 2025 |
| Made sharper |
Commuter |
20 Feb 2025 |
| With stony face, added a certain edge (5) |
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| Like many knives and skills |
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| Put on edge(5) |
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| Hard on pencils one had shortly sharpened (5) |
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| Fine-tuned, as skills |
Universal |
05 Dec 2024 |
| Made sharper |
LA Times Daily |
04 Dec 2024 |
| Sharpened |
Universal |
11 Nov 2024 |
| In which one dagger can be sharpened (5) |
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| Sharpened one in having hid one away (5) |
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| Sharpened |
USA Today |
15 May 2024 |
| Improved, as skills or knives or knife skills |
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| Is keen on getting stoned (5) |
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| Made sharper |
LA Times Daily |
02 May 2024 |
| Sharpened one in high definition (5) |
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| Sharpened, as one's skills. (5) |
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| Made more acute |
Newsday |
23 Feb 2024 |
| I say, fellow, that's sharp! (5) |
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| Yearned to be sharpened (5) |
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| Perfected (one's skills) |
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| PlusWord No 578 |
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| Sharpened |
USA Today |
21 Dec 2023 |
| Sharpened |
USA Today |
05 Dec 2023 |
| Sharpened, as a skill |
Newsday |
22 Nov 2023 |
| Made a good point? |
New York Times |
03 Nov 2023 |
| Sharpened |
LA Times Daily |
03 Sep 2023 |
| She had ___ her skill in band, |
New York Times |
30 Aug 2023 |
| Fine-tuned |
LA Times Daily |
20 Aug 2023 |
| Sharp now |
New York Times |
23 Jun 2023 |
| Gave an edge |
Thomas Joseph |
11 May 2023 |
| Perfected; sharpened |
The Times Concise |
25 Apr 2023 |
| Sharpened, as a razor |
Newsday |
19 Sep 2022 |
| Perfected, as a skill |
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| Made sharper |
Newsday |
06 Jul 2022 |
| Sharpened |
Universal |
19 Jun 2022 |
| Perfected |
Universal |
05 Apr 2022 |
| Sharpened |
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| Worked to perfect |
LA Times Daily |
09 Jan 2022 |
| Mate got off methadone and improved |
|
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| Sharpened |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Jan 2022 |
| Refined sweetheart taking year off before degree |
|
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| Sharpened |
Newsday |
13 Oct 2021 |
| Initially heavy duty keeps one sharp |
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| Improved |
|
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| Improved |
LA Times Daily |
19 Mar 2021 |
| Sharpened |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Nov 2020 |
| Refined, as skills |
|
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| Refined, as skills |
LA Times Daily |
25 Oct 2020 |
| Sharpened, as a blade |
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| Refined individual in Holland cleared out |
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| Gave an edge |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Sep 2020 |
| Perfected, as one's skills |
Family Time |
31 Aug 2020 |
| Fine-tuned |
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| Perfected |
Premier Sunday |
03 May 2020 |
| Refined, as skills |
Universal |
19 Mar 2020 |
| Refined |
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| Refined |
LA Times Daily |
01 Mar 2020 |
| Crazy hen do gave an edge |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Nov 2019 |
| Sharpened |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Nov 2019 |
| Bettered a skill with practice |
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| Sharpened |
Newsday |
29 Aug 2019 |
| Fine-tuned |
Premier Sunday |
16 Jun 2019 |
| Highly developed fetish one documentary's covered |
|
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| Improved, as skills |
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| Improved, as skills |
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| Improved, as skills |
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| Perfected over time |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Apr 2019 |
| Perfected |
|
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| Refined |
|
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| Perfected over time |
|
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| The man and daughter, catching on, pointed |
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| Perfected |
LA Times Daily |
25 Oct 2018 |
| Perfected |
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| Refined over time |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Sep 2018 |
| Perfected through practice |
USA Today |
25 Jun 2018 |
| Sharpened, as a skill |
USA Today |
16 May 2018 |
| Gave an edge |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Jan 2018 |
| Refined over time |
|
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| Sharpened, as a skill |
|
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| Perfected through practice |
|
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| Perfected |
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| Gave an edge to |
|
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| Perfected, as a skill |
USA Today |
20 Jul 2017 |
| Used a strop on |
USA Today |
15 Jul 2017 |
| Sharpened, as skills |
USA Today |
08 Jul 2017 |
| Used a whetstone on |
USA Today |
05 Jul 2017 |
| Sharpened |
Universal |
17 May 2017 |
| Sharpened, as a dull blade |
Universal |
06 May 2017 |
| Sharpened, as skills |
Newsday |
30 Apr 2017 |
| Put an edge on |
USA Today |
27 Jan 2017 |
| Sharpened |
|
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| Used a whetstone on |
|
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| Perfected, as a skill |
|
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| Sharpened, as a dull blade |
|
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| Used a strop on |
|
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| Sharpened, as skills |
|
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| Used a strop on |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Dec 2016 |
| Perfected |
Newsday |
11 Dec 2016 |
| Sharpened, as a blade |
Universal |
27 Nov 2016 |
| Made sharper |
Newsday |
08 Nov 2016 |
| United shown in high definition, becoming polished |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Aug 2016 |
| Sharpened |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jul 2016 |
| Fine-tuned |
|
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| Sharpened |
|
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| Fine-tuned, as a razor |
Universal |
19 Nov 2015 |
| Gave an edge to |
New York Times |
08 Oct 2015 |
| Polished and seductive but wanting approval mostly |
The Telegraph Toughie |
06 Aug 2015 |
| Bettered, as skills |
Universal |
28 Apr 2015 |
| Put on edge |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
27 Apr 2015 |
| Fine-tuned |
Newsday |
22 Mar 2015 |
| Gave an edge to |
|
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| Sharpened |
|
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| Bettered, as skills |
|
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| Fine-tuned, as a razor |
|
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| Put an edge on |
|
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| Perfected |
|
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| Fine-tuned |
|
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| Polished diamonds alongside white castle? |
|
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| Made sharper |
|
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| Put to the grindstone |
|
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| Improved an edge |
|
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| Sharpened, a la Sweeney Todd |
|
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| Took a strop to |
|
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| Put an edge on |
|
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| Improved, as a skill |
|
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| Perfected |
|
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| Improved, as skills |
|
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| Made sharper |
|
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| Put to the grindstone |
|
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| Sharpened, as a knife |
|
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| Put an edge on |
|
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| Made more effective |
|
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| Perfected |
|
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| Practiced |
|
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| Sharpened |
|
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| Made sharper |
|
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| Put to the grindstone |
|
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| Sharpened |
|
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| Gave an edge to |
|
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| Made more acute |
|
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| Made sharper |
|
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| Perfected |
|
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| Perfected |
|
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| Whetted |
|
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| Refined, as skills |
|
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| Sharpened to a fine edge |
|
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| Whetted |
|
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| Gave an edge to |
|
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| Improved |
|
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| Sharpened |
|
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| Sharpened |
|
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| Fine-tuned |
|
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| Perfected |
|
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| Improved, in a way |
|
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| Sharpened, as a knife |
|
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| Sharpened, as a knife |
|
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| Used a strop |
|
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| Used a whetstone |
|
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| Ground, in a way |
|
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| Sharp, presumably |
|
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| Sharpened |
|
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| Ready for cutting |
|
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| Refined |
|
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| Sharpened a skill |
|
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| Put an edge on |
|
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| Sharpened |
|
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| Perfected |
|
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| Got an edge on |
|
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| Improved, as skills |
|
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| Whetted |
|
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| Put to the grindstone |
|
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| Whetted |
|
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| Made a point |
|
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| Perfected, as a craft |
|
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| Gave an edge |
|
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| Prepared for a shave |
|
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| Put an edge on |
|
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| Improved an edge |
|
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| Perfected, as skills |
|
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| Perfected as a skill |
|
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| Sharpened |
|
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| Keen edged |
|
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| Put an edge on |
|
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| Gave an edge to |
|
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| Refined as skills |
|
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| Fine-tuned |
|
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| Put to the grindstone |
|
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| Used a strop |
|
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| Stropped |
|
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| Gave a knife new life |
|
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| Sharp |
|
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| Worked on a dirk |
|
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| Made sharp |
|
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| Used an oilstone |
|
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| Whetted |
|
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| Whetted |
|
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| Made keen |
|
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| Edged |
|
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| Used a whetstone |
|
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| Made keen. |
|
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| Whetted. |
|
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| Got an edge on. |
|
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| Sharpened. |
|
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| Put an edge on |
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