| Hammered things |
USA Today |
13 Apr 2026 |
| Targets for hammers |
USA Today |
29 Mar 2026 |
| Catches slowcoach delaying son's appearance |
The Times Cryptic |
19 Mar 2026 |
| Carpentry supply |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Mar 2026 |
| Bodily features to which the word ungual applies |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
11 Jan 2026 |
| Aces |
Newsday |
27 Dec 2025 |
| Pointed fixings |
The Times Concise |
01 Nov 2025 |
| Does perfectly |
Commuter |
10 Oct 2025 |
| Does flawlessly |
Universal |
19 Sep 2025 |
| Fasteners in boards |
Universal |
02 Sep 2025 |
| Gets bang on |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
25 Aug 2025 |
| (2/6) "You dig in with your ___ (manicure targets), but the lace just gets tangled even more!" |
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| A carpenter hits these in |
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| Hammer's targets |
Newsday |
15 Jul 2025 |
| Hammered pins (5) |
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| Hammer targets |
Newsday |
01 Jul 2025 |
| Fixes unguises (5) |
|
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| Totally aces |
LA Times Daily |
29 May 2025 |
| Pedi coat recipients? |
|
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| Seizes metal spikes (5) |
|
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| Fastening spikes |
|
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| These grow on fingers and toes (5) |
|
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| Manicurist's concerns |
Newsday |
07 May 2025 |
| Tough and durable, as hard as ... |
|
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| Nervous people might chew on them |
New York Times |
05 May 2025 |
| Building spikes |
|
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| Fastens a certain way |
|
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| Salon specialty |
Newsday |
27 Apr 2025 |
| They might get zhuzhed at a salon |
|
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| Slain horribly by claws (5) |
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| Sail gets damaged after yachtsman finally tacks (5) |
|
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| Building fasteners (5) |
|
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| Manicurist's focus |
USA Today |
02 Apr 2025 |
| Typical focus of a manicurist (5) |
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| Hammers in: - it on the wall |
|
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| Attaches a horseshoe? Stallion finally falls sick (5) |
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| Does perfectly |
Commuter |
07 Mar 2025 |
| Salon specialty |
Newsday |
07 Mar 2025 |
| Give yourself a manicure: do your - |
|
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| They have points to drive home (5) |
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| Carpentry fasteners |
Commuter |
22 Feb 2025 |
| Cops seen in Ontario less regularly |
The Times Cryptic |
18 Feb 2025 |
| Catches at one point. Is sick (5) |
|
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| American industrial rock band fronted by Trent Reznor, Nine Inch _ (5) |
|
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| Carpentry essentials |
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| They're notoriously hard (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
08 Feb 2025 |
| Pointed metal fasteners and partners of 4d that you may find inside a toolbox |
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| Claws cloves (5) |
|
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| Thin, horny plates |
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| Manicure targets |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jan 2025 |
| Does perfectly |
Universal |
20 Jan 2025 |
| Slow mover after cycling gets handy tips? (5) |
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| Targets for a hammer |
Newsday |
08 Jan 2025 |
| Things pampered in a manicure; slain (anag.) |
The Telegraph Mini |
06 Jan 2025 |
| Are they hard to hit on the head? (5) |
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| Like __ on a chalkboard |
Commuter |
31 Dec 2024 |
| DIY tacks |
|
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| They have to be driven home |
|
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| Does exactly right |
|
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| They could be driven in and slain (5) |
|
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| Secures protection for digital assets? |
The Times Cryptic |
28 Nov 2024 |
| Studs, perhaps, for collars (5) |
|
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| Eccentric slain using metal spikes (5) |
|
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| Manicured things |
LA Times Mini |
16 Nov 2024 |
| Masters (performance) |
|
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| Slain by accident with pointed fasteners (5) |
|
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| What a manicurist works on (5) |
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| They're hard catches (5) |
|
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| Sluggish individual letting down society - they're hammered |
|
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| Are they hard to hammer home? (5) |
|
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| Hammers (in) (5) |
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| Slain characters on spikes (5) |
|
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| Ian's given 50 fasteners |
|
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| Handy things to be as hard as? (5) |
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| Symbols of toughness, in a simile |
New York Times |
13 Oct 2024 |
| Proverbially hard things to drive home |
|
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| Metal fastenings |
The Telegraph Mini |
05 Sep 2024 |
| Timber fasteners |
|
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| Ungues (5) |
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| Secures what are on hand |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
27 Aug 2024 |
| Pins things down with small metal spikes (5) |
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| Secures pole attached to twisted sail (5) |
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| Gets an A-plus on |
LA Times Mini |
22 Aug 2024 |
| They're painted in salons |
|
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| Fixes trouble between north and south (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
21 Jul 2024 |
| Fixes trouble between north and south (5) |
The Guardian Quick Cryptic |
21 Jul 2024 |
| These grow on fingers |
|
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| Fixes trouble between north and south (5) |
The Guardian Quick Cryptic |
20 Jul 2024 |
| Mani-pedi targets |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
20 Jul 2024 |
| *Fingertip extensions that might "screech" along the blackboard, making you remark "Stop that sound, please!" |
|
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| Manicure targets |
|
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| Pins one down to a standard of hardness (5) |
|
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| Find these on fingertips (5) |
|
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| Tough As _, US job challenge reality contest series (5) |
|
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| Steel pins (5) |
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| Identifies pins (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
27 Jun 2024 |
| Catches "The perennials are out at last" (5) |
|
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| They're proverbially hard |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
23 Jun 2024 |
| Aces |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jun 2024 |
| If varnished, they won't go rusty (5) |
|
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| Catches with spikes (5) |
|
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| Carpentry spikes |
|
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| Does perfectly |
New York Times |
26 May 2024 |
| Woodworkers have them at their fingertips (5) |
|
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| Pedicure care focus |
|
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| Tough, hard as ... |
|
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| Slain (anag) (5) |
|
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| Slain by having them driven in with a hammer |
|
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| Manicurist's interests |
|
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| They're hard but can be driven |
|
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| Whether they're varnished or hammered they're still hard (5) |
|
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| Large metal pins (5) |
|
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| Fingertip covers (5) |
|
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| Catches getting some items from the tool box (5) |
|
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| Executes perfectly, as a dismount |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Apr 2024 |
| Slain horribly by bomb filled with these? (5) |
|
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| Love hugging American boozers - ultimately, these might get hammered (5) |
|
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| Having been slain, he then hammers them (5) |
|
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| Hit these in with a hammer |
|
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| Between points, suffer - from hammer blows? (5) |
|
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| Snail organised digital protection (5) |
|
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| Finger growths (5) |
|
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| Hammer targets |
Universal |
16 Mar 2024 |
| Nine Inch ____, rock band formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1988 (5) |
|
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| Poles suffer internally - they're hammered |
|
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| Extremely notorious drinking trouble for some getting hammered (5) |
|
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| Extremely notorious drinking trouble for some getting hammered |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
07 Mar 2024 |
| Carpenters hammer these in (5) |
|
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| Manicured items |
|
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| Pins down with fingertips? (5) |
|
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| Large tacks |
|
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| What manicurists might paint |
|
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| Pointed metal fasteners and partners of 4d that you may find inside a toolbox |
|
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| Fixes with hammer |
|
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| To be hard as such as get unfortunately slain (5) |
|
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| Catches redhanded with joiners' metal fasteners (5) |
|
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| Smallish metal spikes (5) |
|
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| Manicurist's specialty |
|
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| Tough as ___ |
USA Today |
23 Dec 2023 |
| Tough as___ |
|
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| Firmly fastens |
|
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| US industrial rock band whose frontman is Trent Reznor, Nine Inch _ (5) |
|
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| Catches and by midmonth is sick with (5) |
|
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| Catches and by mid- month is sick with (5) |
|
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| Spots for polish |
New York Times |
29 Nov 2023 |
| Hammer targets |
LA Times Daily |
01 Oct 2023 |
| Metal fixings |
The Times Concise |
25 Aug 2023 |
| Thin metal fasteners |
The Guardian Quick |
02 Aug 2023 |
| Nine Inch ___, "Wish" rock band |
|
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| Manicurist's focus |
Newsday |
19 Feb 2023 |
| What hammers hit, usually |
|
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| Manicure targets? |
|
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| Catches slow folk, heading off |
The Times Cryptic |
03 Oct 2022 |
| Manicure targets |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Sep 2022 |
| Trouble in the outskirts of Nantes resulting in arrests |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
07 Sep 2022 |
| Finger features |
Thomas Joseph |
21 May 2022 |
| Mani-pedi targets |
USA Today |
13 May 2022 |
| Acrylics, for example |
USA Today |
28 Mar 2022 |
| Manicurist's targets |
Family Time |
27 Mar 2022 |
| Horny plates and pointed pins |
|
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| On-hand group |
Newsday |
11 Mar 2022 |
| Mani-pedi targets |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Feb 2022 |
| Manicurists file them |
Premier Sunday |
23 Jan 2022 |
| Little spikes: personally, I have 20 |
The Guardian Cryptic |
03 Jan 2022 |
| Little spikes: personally, I have 20 |
|
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| Gets exactly right |
Universal |
31 Oct 2021 |
| Manicurist's targets |
|
|
| Secures sluggish individual cycling |
|
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| Catches |
New York Times |
14 Aug 2021 |
| Manicurist's targets |
|
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| Manicurist's targets |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jul 2021 |
| Metal fasteners |
|
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| Performs perfectly |
Newsday |
11 Mar 2021 |
| Woodworker's fasteners |
Universal |
14 Jan 2021 |
| As tough as ___ (very resilient) |
|
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| Carpentry fasteners |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Nov 2020 |
| Knight over troubles these fix |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Nov 2020 |
| Tacks |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Aug 2020 |
| Poles have trouble within – they get hammered |
|
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| Targets for a hammer |
Newsday |
08 Jun 2020 |
| Subject of TNT's 'Claws' |
|
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| Horny plates and pointed pins |
|
|
| Collars -- you probably have 20 of them |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 Dec 2019 |
| Traps? No worries |
|
|
| Arrests mobile home owners? Not initially |
|
|
| Carpenter's supply |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Sep 2019 |
| Does perfectly |
USA Today |
12 Sep 2019 |
| Salon specialty |
Newsday |
08 Sep 2019 |
| Talons, for instance |
Newsday |
28 Aug 2019 |
| Carpenter's gun ammo |
USA Today |
03 Jul 2019 |
| Knight over troubles we fix |
The Sun Two Speed |
25 Jun 2019 |
| Pins |
The Sun Two Speed |
25 Jun 2019 |
| Arrests partners holding hands without trouble |
|
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| Tough as ___ |
New York Times |
11 Jun 2019 |
| Studs – they're slow to get topless |
|
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| A foot has five |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Apr 2019 |
| Loves to embrace a measure of hardness? |
|
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| Manicure focuses |
Universal |
18 Feb 2019 |
| A foot has five |
|
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| Foot features |
|
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| Manicure focuses |
|
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| Does perfectly |
|
|
| Carpenter's gun ammo |
|
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| Tough as ___ |
|
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| *Feels healthy |
|
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| Fixing pins |
The Times Concise |
25 Dec 2018 |
| They might be painted in a bathroom |
New York Times |
29 Nov 2018 |
| They should be nowhere near a chalkboard |
|
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| Symbol of hardness |
Universal |
04 Oct 2018 |
| Common scratchers |
Universal |
09 Sep 2018 |
| . Catches nothing, wins a series at the end! |
|
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| Sticks, as a landing |
New York Times |
06 Sep 2018 |
| Manicurist's charges? |
Universal |
31 Aug 2018 |
| What hammers hit |
|
|
| Executes perfectly |
USA Today |
20 Jun 2018 |
| Manicurist's target |
|
|
| Slow mover, first to last? Such may be given special treatment in bar |
|
|
| Captures marine moving down south |
|
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| Human talons |
Universal |
23 Jan 2018 |
| Manicurist's charges? |
|
|
| Human talons |
|
|
| Symbol of hardness |
|
|
| Common scratchers |
|
|
| Executes perfectly |
|
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| They might be painted in a bathroom |
|
|
| Sticks, as a landing |
|
|
| Norwegian leader hurt by small claws |
|
|
| Manicurist's focus |
Newsday |
04 Oct 2017 |
| Manicure targets |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Aug 2017 |
| Clippers' targets |
|
|
| Catches in the act |
New York Times |
30 Jun 2017 |
| Roofer's supply |
Newsday |
15 Jun 2017 |
| Linesman dismisses men and will expect to be hammered |
|
|
| Polishing targets |
LA Times Daily |
19 Apr 2017 |
| Polishing targets |
|
|
| Things right at your fingertips |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Mar 2017 |
| Symbol of toughness |
Newsday |
03 Mar 2017 |
| Epitome of hardness |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Feb 2017 |
| They're hit on their heads |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Feb 2017 |
| Polishing targets |
|
|
| Catches in the act |
|
|
| They're clipped and filed |
|
|
| Loves to embrace a symbol of hardness |
|
|
| Filed items |
USA Today |
30 Aug 2016 |
| What manicurists do |
Universal |
17 Aug 2016 |
| They sometimes get big tips |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Jul 2016 |
| Finger features |
Universal |
05 Jul 2016 |
| Catches seafood from top to bottom |
|
|
| Carpenters' hits? |
Wall Street Journal |
21 May 2016 |
| Exemplars of toughness |
USA Today |
10 May 2016 |
| Objects on hand? |
|
|
| Tough as __ |
LA Times Daily |
24 Apr 2016 |
| Exemplar of toughness |
Newsday |
15 Apr 2016 |
| Hard as __ (tough) |
Universal |
14 Apr 2016 |
| Exposes new troubles |
|
|
| Pins hurt when stuck into naked skin, at first |
|
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| Fastens securely |
Newsday |
31 Jan 2016 |
| Exposes new troubles |
|
|
| Captures little photos -- get digit out of the way |
The Telegraph Toughie |
15 Jan 2016 |
| Hammer targets |
Newsday |
11 Jan 2016 |
| Exemplars of toughness |
|
|
| Filed items |
|
|
| Finger features |
|
|
| Mani-pedi beneficiaries |
Newsday |
23 Aug 2015 |
| Does masterfully |
LA Times Daily |
24 May 2015 |
| Manicurist's handful? |
Universal |
08 May 2015 |
| Achieves perfectly |
Universal |
27 Feb 2015 |
| Gets precisely |
LA Times Daily |
08 Jan 2015 |
| Joe Diffie "Tougher Than ___" |
|
|
| Mani-pedi beneficiaries |
|
|
| Gets precisely |
|
|
| Does masterfully |
|
|
| Achieves perfectly |
|
|
| Manicurist's handful? |
|
|
| Polishing candidates |
|
|
| Homebuilder's boxful |
|
|
| Filed items |
|
|
| Picture-hanger parts |
|
|
| They can take a pounding |
|
|
| Finalizes, with "down" |
|
|
| Salon treatment targets |
|
|
| Claws making mover unlikely to hurry, beginning to end |
|
|
| Hardness symbol |
|
|
| Carpenter's supply |
|
|
| Symbol of toughness |
|
|
| Digital display |
|
|
| Brad's family? |
|
|
| Polish targets |
|
|
| Polish targets |
|
|
| Catches cold? |
|
|
| Carpenters' hits? |
|
|
| Catches red-handed |
|
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| Catches red-handed |
|
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| Catches red-handed |
|
|
| Barrelful at a hardware store |
|
|
| Manicurists treat them |
|
|
| Itch scratchers |
|
|
| They may be clipped or polished |
|
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| Itch scratchers |
|
|
| Polish targets |
|
|
| Carpenter's need |
|
|
| Catches red-handed |
|
|
| Gets perfectly |
|
|
| Hammers' targets |
|
|
| Filed things |
|
|
| Manicure target |
|
|
| They're cut and polished |
|
|
| Digital extensions |
|
|
| They may be filed |
|
|
| They're at your fingertips |
|
|
| Symbols of toughness |
|
|
| They're at your fingertips |
|
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| They're at your fingertips |
|
|
| Throws the book at |
|
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| Does perfectly |
|
|
| Epitome of hardness |
|
|
| Manicurists' focus |
|
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| Gets down pat |
|
|
| Epitome of hardness |
|
|
| Manicurist's concern |
|
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| Filed items |
|
|
| Manicurist's concern |
|
|
| Catches, as a perp |
|
|
| They're always on hand |
|
|
| Salon concerns |
|
|
| Catches, as a perp |
|
|
| Does perfectly |
|
|
| Accomplishes perfectly, as a dismount |
|
|
| Performs perfectly |
|
|
| Polish receivers |
|
|
| They may be done in a salon |
|
|
| Manicurists' concerns |
|
|
| Aces |
|
|
| Exemplars of toughness |
|
|
| Manicurist's focus |
|
|
| Some have big heads |
|
|
| Manicurist's expertise |
|
|
| Catches red-handed |
|
|
| Carpenter's supply |
|
|
| What manicurists do |
|
|
| Finalizes, with "down" |
|
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| Things to be filed |
|
|
| Finalizes, with "down" |
|
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| They may be filed |
|
|
| Emery board targets |
|
|
| Manicurist's concerns |
|
|
| Does to a T |
|
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| Manicurists' targets |
|
|
| Polish receivers |
|
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| Bed material? |
|
|
| Catches in the act |
|
|
| They're clipped and filed |
|
|
| Finger tips |
|
|
| Manicurist's assignment |
|
|
| They're at our fingertips |
|
|
| Carpenter's fasteners |
|
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| Items on hand |
|
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| Collars |
|
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| Polish places |
|
|
| Collars |
|
|
| Polish places |
|
|
| Salon focus, at times |
|
|
| Attaches, in a way |
|
|
| Hardware items |
|
|
| Things to be filed |
|
|
| Gets down pat |
|
|
| Hard as ___ |
|
|
| Things at one's fingertips? |
|
|
| Achieves perfectly |
|
|
| They're right at our fingertips |
|
|
| Symbol of toughness |
|
|
| Symbols of hardness |
|
|
| They get hit on the head |
|
|
| Manicurist's targets |
|
|
| Gets down pat |
|
|
| They get done at salons |
|
|
| Members of the board? |
|
|
| Finger features |
|
|
| Nabs |
|
|
| They're at your fingertips |
|
|
| Nabs |
|
|
| They may be polished |
|
|
| Catches red-handed |
|
|
| Man's talons |
|
|
| Epitome of hardness |
|
|
| Exemplar of toughness |
|
|
| Epitome of toughness |
|
|
| Catches red-handed |
|
|
| Carpenter's supply |
|
|
| Polish sites |
|
|
| Features of fingers and toes |
|
|
| Catches red-handed |
|
|
| Brads |
|
|
| Carpenter's mouthful |
|
|
| Tool box items |
|
|
| Catches but good |
|
|
| Fingertips |
|
|
| Manicurists' jobs |
|
|
| Filed items |
|
|
| Oft-bitten things |
|
|
| Makes sure, with "down" |
|
|
| Hammer's targets |
|
|
| Executes perfectly |
|
|
| Madge's concern |
|
|
| Picture hangers, maybe |
|
|
| Arrests |
|
|
| Epitome of hardness |
|
|
| Nabs |
|
|
| Brads |
|
|
| Finger tips |
|
|
| Things to be filed |
|
|
| Attaches |
|
|
| Symbol of hardness |
|
|
| Fasteners |
|
|
| Secretaries may file these |
|
|
| A human score |
|
|
| Brads or spads |
|
|
| Nabs a crook |
|
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| Captures |
|
|
| Brad and spad |
|
|
| They're bitten and banged |
|
|
| Tenpenny, etc. |
|
|
| Hard as ___ (tough) |
|
|
| Carpenter's need |
|
|
| Sparables |
|
|
| Twenty that often need trimming |
|
|
| Carpentry needs |
|
|
| Fastens |
|
|
| Hob or hang followers |
|
|
| They're often filed |
|
|
| Manicurist's charge |
|
|
| Hard as ___ |
|
|
| Carpenter's purchase |
|
|
| Collars |
|
|
| Items to be filed |
|
|
| Finger parts |
|
|
| Secures |
|
|
| Nabs |
|
|
| Catches |
|
|
| Hardware items |
|
|
| Brads |
|
|
| Upholster's necessities. |
|
|
| Hardware. |
|
|
| Name for a ship's carpenter |
|
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| Brads. |
|
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| Secures. |
|
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| Crusoe's find. |
|
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| Hardware |
|
|
| Finger parts. |
|
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| Talons |
|
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| Tacks. |
|
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| Spikes. |
|
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| Fastens. |
|
|
| Relatives of staples. |
|
|
| Much-enameled items. |
|
|
| Filed items. |
|
|
| Symbol of hardness. |
|
|
| Criterion of hardness. |
|
|
| Catches: Colloq. |
|
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| They get care in beauty shops. |
|
|
| Female weapons. |
|
|
| Clouts. |
|
|
| Carpenter's equipment. |
|
|
| Claws. |
|
|
| Sixteenths of a yard. |
|
|
| Mani-pedi targets |
|
|
| Synonym for hardness. |
|
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| Synonym of hardness. |
|
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| Name for a ship's carpenter. |
|
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| Hardness comparison. |
|
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| Home Depot purchase |
|
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| Common and headless |
|
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