| Pierce with a dagger |
The Times Concise |
15 Oct 2026 |
| Rough guess |
Newsday |
12 Oct 2026 |
| "Take a ___ at" (try) |
|
|
| Grab with a fork |
Universal |
14 Sep 2026 |
| Wild guess |
Newsday |
09 Sep 2026 |
| Pierce with a knife |
Commuter |
09 Sep 2026 |
| Attempt to use a knife (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
07 Sep 2026 |
| Pierce (4) |
Mirror Quick |
07 Sep 2026 |
| ___ in the back (betray) |
|
|
| Wild guess |
New York Times Midi |
03 Sep 2026 |
| Injure with a dirk |
Puzzler Backwords |
27 Aug 2026 |
| Pierce with a knife |
Commuter |
24 Aug 2026 |
| Small marker causes puncture (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
23 Aug 2026 |
| Attempt |
USA Today |
16 Aug 2026 |
| Attempt |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
09 Aug 2026 |
| Wild guess |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Aug 2026 |
| Stick a knife into |
|
|
| Sudden pain |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Jul 2026 |
| Puncture |
USA Today Quick |
27 Jul 2026 |
| Wild guess |
Newsday |
26 Jul 2026 |
| Attempt, so to speak |
TV |
26 Jul 2026 |
| Wild guess |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Jul 2026 |
| Sign abbr. meaning "founded in" |
New York Times |
23 Jul 2026 |
| Wild guess |
Newsday |
20 Jul 2026 |
| Attempt, so to speak |
TV |
19 Jul 2026 |
| Pierce with a toothpick |
Commuter |
14 Jul 2026 |
| Attempt |
The Atlantic |
12 Jul 2026 |
| Attempt |
Universal |
09 Jul 2026 |
| Jab with a sharp object |
|
|
| Have a ____ at, attempt |
The Telegraph Mini |
29 Jun 2026 |
| Wild guess |
New York Times |
28 Jun 2026 |
| Attempt to use a knife (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
19 Jun 2026 |
| Pierce (4) |
Mirror Quick |
19 Jun 2026 |
| Jab with a knife, say |
|
|
| Wild guess |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Jun 2026 |
| Wild guess |
Newsday |
08 Jun 2026 |
| Injure with a knife (4) |
Puzzler |
01 Jun 2026 |
| Wild guess |
Newsday |
01 Jun 2026 |
| Wild guess |
Commuter |
22 May 2026 |
| Pierce with a knife |
Commuter |
14 May 2026 |
| Prick or pierce |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
11 May 2026 |
| Wild guess |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Apr 2026 |
| Wild guess |
LA Times Daily |
26 Apr 2026 |
| Place to hitch a ride? |
LA Times Daily |
24 Apr 2026 |
| Wild guess |
LA Times Daily |
22 Apr 2026 |
| Attack with a dagger |
|
|
| Pick up with a fork |
LA Times Daily |
12 Apr 2026 |
| Impale with a knife |
The Times Concise |
11 Apr 2026 |
| Injure with a dirk |
Puzzler Backwords |
05 Apr 2026 |
| Shot in the dark |
Universal |
02 Apr 2026 |
| Wild guess |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Apr 2026 |
| Try lifting nocturnal creatures up (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
29 Mar 2026 |
| Attempt to use a knife (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
28 Mar 2026 |
| Pierce (4) |
Mirror Quick |
28 Mar 2026 |
| Attempt |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
27 Mar 2026 |
| Wild guess |
Newsday |
18 Mar 2026 |
| Attempt, say |
TV |
15 Mar 2026 |
| Pierce with a knife (4) |
Puzzler |
14 Mar 2026 |
| Jab with a sharp object |
|
|
| ___ in the back (betray) |
|
|
| Wound, pierce |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
10 Feb 2026 |
| Take a ___ at (give it a try) |
|
|
| Attempt |
The Telegraph Quick |
31 Jan 2026 |
| Jab with a knife, say |
|
|
| Pierce (4) |
Mirror Quick |
14 Jan 2026 |
| Attempt to use a knife (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
14 Jan 2026 |
| Pierce |
Commuter |
05 Jan 2026 |
| Try |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jan 2026 |
| Try lifting nocturnal creatures up (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
29 Dec 2025 |
| Wild guess |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Dec 2025 |
| Guess |
LA Times Daily |
17 Dec 2025 |
| Shot in the dark |
Newsday |
11 Dec 2025 |
| Attempt |
LA Times Daily |
08 Dec 2025 |
| Blind guess |
Premier Sunday |
07 Dec 2025 |
| Rough guess |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Dec 2025 |
| Attack with a dagger |
|
|
| Attempt |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
17 Nov 2025 |
| In-world film franchise of Scream films |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
14 Nov 2025 |
| Rough guess |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Nov 2025 |
| Injure with a dirk |
Puzzler Backwords |
12 Nov 2025 |
| Wild guess |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Nov 2025 |
| Pierce (4) |
Mirror Quick |
01 Nov 2025 |
| Attempt to use a knife (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
01 Nov 2025 |
| ___ in the back (betray) |
|
|
| Go and return potty |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
23 Oct 2025 |
| Sharp pain |
Universal |
22 Oct 2025 |
| "I'll take a ___ at it!" |
USA Today |
21 Oct 2025 |
| Wild guess |
Newsday |
20 Oct 2025 |
| Sharp pain being shot? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
16 Oct 2025 |
| Wild guess at pub trivia |
USA Today |
12 Oct 2025 |
| Unconfident attempt |
Newsday |
10 Oct 2025 |
| Go silly when retired (4) |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Oct 2025 |
| "Sure, I'll take a ___ at it" ("I'll try") |
USA Today |
04 Oct 2025 |
| Iffy attempt |
Newsday |
03 Oct 2025 |
| Impale good person, a bishop (4) |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Sep 2025 |
| Wild guess |
Newsday |
23 Sep 2025 |
| Knife nocturnal creatures on the way back (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
21 Sep 2025 |
| Rough guess |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Sep 2025 |
| Wild guess |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Sep 2025 |
| Attempt |
The Atlantic |
06 Sep 2025 |
| Go mad in retirement (4) |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Sep 2025 |
| Go to wound as Casca (4) |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Aug 2025 |
| Rough guess |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Aug 2025 |
| Jab with a knife, say |
|
|
| Try turning creatures of the night back |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
20 Aug 2025 |
| Skewer |
New York Times |
13 Aug 2025 |
| Puncture |
USA Today Quick |
10 Aug 2025 |
| Wild guess |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Aug 2025 |
| Take a ___ at (give it a try) |
|
|
| Attempt |
LA Times Daily |
25 Jul 2025 |
| Shot in the dark |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Jul 2025 |
| ___ in the dark (wild guess) |
|
|
| Jab knife into middle of Brussels tablecloth (4) |
|
|
| Guess, take a - at (4) |
|
|
| Pierce with a knife |
Commuter |
15 Jul 2025 |
| Shot in the dark |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jul 2025 |
| Jab with a sharp object |
|
|
| Attempt, have a - at |
|
|
| Attempt |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jul 2025 |
| Pierce violently |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Jun 2025 |
| Impale vampires coming from the south? |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Jun 2025 |
| Attempt |
LA Times Mini |
26 Jun 2025 |
| Injure with a dirk |
Puzzler Backwords |
21 Jun 2025 |
| Pierce with a knife (4) |
Puzzler |
19 Jun 2025 |
| Wild guess |
USA Today |
11 Jun 2025 |
| Attempt to pierce with a knife (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
04 Jun 2025 |
| Try, as cricketers, to make a comeback (4) |
|
|
| ___ in the back (betrayal) |
|
|
| Wild guess |
Thomas Joseph |
29 May 2025 |
| Attack with knife getting shot |
The Telegraph Toughie |
29 May 2025 |
| Attempt to bring up clubs (4) |
|
|
| Attack with a knife, say |
|
|
| Shot in a crazy uprising (4) |
|
|
| Attack with a dagger, say |
|
|
| Attack with a dagger |
|
|
| Shot in the dark |
New York Times |
15 May 2025 |
| Puncture |
USA Today Quick |
10 May 2025 |
| Wild guess |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 May 2025 |
| Attack with a knife |
|
|
| What Tony does to Bernardo |
|
|
| Speculative guess |
The Times Concise |
29 Apr 2025 |
| Pierce |
Mirror Quick |
27 Apr 2025 |
| Attempt to use a knife |
Mirror Cryptic |
27 Apr 2025 |
| Attempt |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
26 Apr 2025 |
| Stick a knife into |
|
|
| Shot in the dark |
Newsday |
25 Apr 2025 |
| Pierce |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
21 Apr 2025 |
| Wild guess |
Universal |
20 Apr 2025 |
| ...blast off!" Abandon the first part of launch attempt |
|
|
| Attempt to use knife |
Mirror Cryptic |
16 Apr 2025 |
| Pierce |
Mirror Quick |
16 Apr 2025 |
| Attempt to pierce with a knife (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
15 Apr 2025 |
| Pierce, impale |
|
|
| Conjectural attempt |
Newsday |
12 Apr 2025 |
| Rough guess |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Apr 2025 |
| ___ in the back (betray) |
|
|
| Attempt, have a ... at When you've solved the crossword, the letters on the shaded squares, reading left to right, top to bottom, spell a mystery word. The mystery word |
|
|
| Poke with a fork |
|
|
| Take a ___ at it (try) |
|
|
| Wild guess |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Apr 2025 |
| Movie-within-a-movie in the Scream franchise |
|
|
| Wild guess |
Universal |
29 Mar 2025 |
| Wild guess |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Mar 2025 |
| Grab with a toothpick |
LA Times Daily |
28 Mar 2025 |
| Attempt |
Universal |
27 Mar 2025 |
| Jab with a sharp object |
|
|
| Rough attempt at a lunge (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
26 Mar 2025 |
| Bayonet thrust |
Family Time |
23 Mar 2025 |
| Pierce (4) |
Puzzler |
23 Mar 2025 |
| ____ in the dark, phrase meaning 'random guess' (4) |
|
|
| Pierce with a toothpick |
Commuter |
18 Mar 2025 |
| Pierce |
Mirror Quick |
16 Mar 2025 |
| Attempt |
USA Today |
16 Mar 2025 |
| Attempt to use a knife |
Mirror Cryptic |
16 Mar 2025 |
| Winger's going over for try |
The Times Cryptic |
07 Mar 2025 |
| Attempt |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Mar 2025 |
| Rough guess |
LA Times Mini |
18 Feb 2025 |
| "Take a ___ at" (try) |
|
|
| Attempt to use a knife |
Mirror Cryptic |
11 Feb 2025 |
| Pierce |
Mirror Quick |
11 Feb 2025 |
| Bayonet thrust |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Feb 2025 |
| Could be in the back or cricketers returning (4) |
|
|
| Casual try |
Universal |
02 Feb 2025 |
| Shot in the dark |
Universal |
30 Jan 2025 |
| Attempt to pierce with a knife (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
29 Jan 2025 |
| Attempt a crazy comeback (4) |
|
|
| Injure with a knife |
Puzzler |
25 Jan 2025 |
| Attempt |
USA Today |
22 Jan 2025 |
| Pierce with {painted weapon |
|
|
| Pierce with a knife |
Puzzler Backwords |
21 Jan 2025 |
| Attack with a sharp implement (4) |
|
|
| Shot in the dark |
Newsday |
16 Jan 2025 |
| Shot-in-the-dark attempt during trivia night, perhaps |
|
|
| Try second pill |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
14 Jan 2025 |
| How bats injure one |
|
|
| Stick with a toothpick, e.g. |
|
|
| Attempt to send fliers back |
|
|
| Try nutty rolls |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
27 Dec 2024 |
| Pierce with a knife |
|
|
| Wound with pointed weapon |
|
|
| [73] Try getting drivers to abandon Swedish car (4) |
|
|
| ___ in the dark (wild guess) |
|
|
| Plunge a knife into (4) |
|
|
| Go nuts, giving a twirl |
The Times Cryptic |
18 Dec 2024 |
| Attempt - to use a dagger |
|
|
| Attempt to raise night fliers (4) |
|
|
| Attack with a dagger |
|
|
| Try like mad to overturn (4) |
|
|
| Random guess |
New York Times |
02 Dec 2024 |
| Pierce |
Puzzler Backwords |
28 Nov 2024 |
| "Take a ___ at the answer!" |
LA Times Mini |
26 Nov 2024 |
| You need some of the stevedores to work to put the cargo under hatches (4) |
|
|
| Shot it would be mad to return (4) |
|
|
| Aim a blow with a knife (4) |
|
|
| ___ in the back (betrayal) |
|
|
| Attack in a crazy rising (4) |
|
|
| Wild guess |
Newsday |
18 Nov 2024 |
| Wild guess at trivia night |
USA Today |
11 Nov 2024 |
| Use dagger on the animals' back... (4) |
|
|
| Sharp pain |
New York Times |
10 Nov 2024 |
| What Caesar got in the back |
|
|
| Pierce |
Mirror Quick |
06 Nov 2024 |
| Sharp jolt of pain |
|
|
| ___ in the back (betrayal) |
|
|
| Attempt to use a knife |
Mirror Cryptic |
06 Nov 2024 |
| Attempt |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Nov 2024 |
| Attempt |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
04 Nov 2024 |
| Rough guess |
Newsday |
30 Oct 2024 |
| Attempt |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Oct 2024 |
| Mad to reverse; try going forward |
|
|
| Try to return the crackers (4) |
|
|
| Wild guess |
Newsday |
29 Oct 2024 |
| Thrust home the point when the cricketers come back (4) |
|
|
| ___ in the back (betrayal) |
|
|
| Attempt a thrusting blow with a knife |
|
|
| Mammals climbing? That makes you guess (4) |
|
|
| Pierce with a pointed tool (4) |
|
|
| Attempt |
The Sun Mini |
03 Oct 2024 |
| Centrists in Boston, unable to stick the knife in |
|
|
| Stick a knife in bananas from the east |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
26 Sep 2024 |
| Jab with a knife |
|
|
| Wild guess |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Sep 2024 |
| A shot - there's a crazy uprising (4) |
|
|
| Poke |
Family Time |
23 Sep 2024 |
| Go back for crackers (4) |
|
|
| Thrust a knife into (4) |
|
|
| Injure with knife |
|
|
| Attempt to wound with knife (4) |
|
|
| Attack with a knife |
|
|
| Pierce section of useless table (4) |
|
|
| Go silly when retired |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Sep 2024 |
| Pierce violently |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Sep 2024 |
| Try effort (inf) |
|
|
| Wild guess |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Sep 2024 |
| Try lifting clubs (4) |
|
|
| Attempt |
USA Today |
07 Sep 2024 |
| Wild guess |
USA Today |
02 Sep 2024 |
| Wild guess |
Universal |
01 Sep 2024 |
| Cut nuts up |
|
|
| Pierce with a knife |
Puzzler Backwords |
29 Aug 2024 |
| Take a ___ at (give it a try) |
|
|
| Attempt from clubs from the south (4) |
|
|
| Mad when stood up, attack (4) |
|
|
| Strike with a dagger (4) |
|
|
| A shot - not with a gun, but with a knife (4) |
|
|
| Attempt |
Family Time |
18 Aug 2024 |
| Try |
LA Times Daily |
16 Aug 2024 |
| Attempt crazy return |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
14 Aug 2024 |
| Attempt (4) |
The Guardian Speedy |
12 Aug 2024 |
| A shot wound (4) |
|
|
| Attempt (4) |
The Guardian Speedy |
11 Aug 2024 |
| Jab with a knife |
|
|
| Attempt |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
05 Aug 2024 |
| Go crazy when upset |
The Telegraph Toughie |
01 Aug 2024 |
| Impale vampires returning? |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Jul 2024 |
| Pierce violently |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Jul 2024 |
| Wild guess |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jul 2024 |
| Attempt |
USA Today |
25 Jul 2024 |
| Wild guess |
LA Times Daily |
24 Jul 2024 |
| Go around strikes (4) |
|
|
| Nocturnal creatures seen upside down. Have a try at movie? (4) |
|
|
| Pierce withthe point of a blade (4) |
|
|
| Rough guess |
LA Times Mini |
18 Jul 2024 |
| Jab with a knife, say |
|
|
| Halfhearted attempt |
|
|
| Pierce with knife |
|
|
| An attempt to cause grievous bodily harm |
|
|
| Attack with a knife, say |
|
|
| Attempt |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Jun 2024 |
| Injure with a dirk |
Puzzler Backwords |
24 Jun 2024 |
| Rough guess |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Jun 2024 |
| Wild guess |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Jun 2024 |
| Have a ____ at, guess |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
19 Jun 2024 |
| Wild guess |
New York Times |
17 Jun 2024 |
| Haphazard try |
Newsday |
16 Jun 2024 |
| Take a ___ at (try) |
|
|
| Attempt is crazy? The reverse |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
05 Jun 2024 |
| Casual attempt |
Universal |
05 Jun 2024 |
| Unconfident guess |
Newsday |
05 Jun 2024 |
| Wild guess |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Jun 2024 |
| ___ someone in the back (be a traitor) |
|
|
| Wild guess |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Jun 2024 |
| Saint joins sailor in an attempt (4) |
|
|
| ___ in the dark (wild guess) |
|
|
| Attack with a knife, say |
|
|
| Wild guess |
Newsday |
27 May 2024 |
| Random guess |
New York Times |
26 May 2024 |
| Injure someone with a knife (4) |
|
|
| ___ in the back (betray) |
|
|
| Wound by piercing |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
23 May 2024 |
| Go crazy if upset |
|
|
| Wild guess, a ... in the dark |
|
|
| Poke with a toothpick |
Family Time |
12 May 2024 |
| Sharp twinge, ___ of pain |
|
|
| Sharp pain |
New York Times |
08 May 2024 |
| Puncture with knife |
|
|
| Cut some tarts and biscuits for starters |
|
|
| Cricketers return to inflict a wound (4) |
|
|
| Stick with a 4-Across, say |
|
|
| Wild guess |
Newsday |
30 Apr 2024 |
| Wound with a pointed weapon (4) |
|
|
| Wild guess |
Newsday |
28 Apr 2024 |
| Westbound vampires making attempt (4) |
|
|
| Rough guess |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Apr 2024 |
| Stick a knife into |
|
|
| Take a ___ (guess) |
|
|
| Rough guess |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Apr 2024 |
| Sharp pain |
New York Times |
21 Apr 2024 |
| Assault with knife (4) |
|
|
| Pierce with a skewer |
|
|
| Attempt |
LA Times Daily |
18 Apr 2024 |
| Attempt |
USA Today |
18 Apr 2024 |
| Use stilettos? (4) |
|
|
| ___ in the back (betray) |
|
|
| Something to take when you're in the dark |
New York Times |
11 Apr 2024 |
| Pierce (4) |
Puzzler |
11 Apr 2024 |
| Attack with a dagger, say |
|
|
| Attack with knife constable's holding (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
10 Apr 2024 |
| Crack knife (4) |
|
|
| Wild guess |
New York Times |
09 Apr 2024 |
| Thrust home a point (4) |
|
|
| Cricketers in retirement go |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Apr 2024 |
| Pierce |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Apr 2024 |
| Take a ___ at it (try) |
|
|
| "True friends ___ you in the front": Wilde |
|
|
| Wild guess |
Newsday |
01 Apr 2024 |
| Initial guess |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Mar 2024 |
| ___ in the back (betray) |
|
|
| Jab with a sharp object |
|
|
| Perhaps vampires will come back and inflict knife wound (4) |
|
|
| An attempt; to injure, in one way |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
24 Mar 2024 |
| Go crazy when it's sent back (4) |
|
|
| Rough guess |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Mar 2024 |
| Random try |
|
|
| Shot back to get crackers (4) |
|
|
| Injure with horns |
|
|
| Attempt |
USA Today |
06 Mar 2024 |
| Pierce with a fork |
|
|
| Rough guess |
LA Times Daily |
03 Mar 2024 |
| Have a guess and turn up looking dotty (4) |
|
|
| Plunge blade into |
|
|
| Host able to pierce it! (4) |
|
|
| Puncture with a knife (4) |
Puzzler |
29 Feb 2024 |
| ___ in the dark (wild guess) |
|
|
| Plunge a toothpick into an olive |
Family Time |
26 Feb 2024 |
| Shot back, mad (4) |
|
|
| Spear thrust at body initially (4) |
|
|
| "Take a ___ at" (try) |
|
|
| Wild guess |
Newsday |
05 Feb 2024 |
| Try cricket equipment that's been returned |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
03 Feb 2024 |
| Is mad to come back and put the knife in (4) |
|
|
| Attempt to deploy cutting-edge technology? (4) |
|
|
| Pierce with a dagger |
The Times Concise |
29 Jan 2024 |
| Cricketers in retirement having go |
|
|
| Attempt |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Jan 2024 |
| Impale vampires returning? |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Jan 2024 |
| Wild guess |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jan 2024 |
| Wound someone with a pointed weapon |
|
|
| Take a ___ |
New York Times |
18 Jan 2024 |
| Wild guess |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Jan 2024 |
| "You hesitate to ___ me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword": Samuel Johnson (4) |
|
|
| Attempt to use a knife |
Mirror Cryptic |
05 Jan 2024 |
| Pierce |
Mirror Quick |
05 Jan 2024 |
| Poke with a toothpick |
USA Today |
04 Jan 2024 |
| Skewer bananas upside down |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
04 Jan 2024 |
| Wild guess |
New York Times |
25 Dec 2023 |
| Guesstimate |
New York Times |
24 Dec 2023 |
| Thrust in the back perhaps, mad to spin round |
The Times Cryptic |
21 Dec 2023 |
| ___ in the dark (wild guess) |
|
|
| Wild guess |
Newsday |
19 Dec 2023 |
| Attempt to use a knife |
Mirror Cryptic |
13 Dec 2023 |
| Pierce |
Mirror Quick |
13 Dec 2023 |
| Run through with a knife |
|
|
| Attack with a dagger |
|
|
| Pierce |
Commuter |
04 Dec 2023 |
| Vampire-related verb that reverses to a vampire-related plural noun |
|
|
| ___ in the dark (wild guess) |
|
|
| Impale good man: a bishop |
|
|
| Attempt to put the knife in (4) |
|
|
| Attempt to back round the bend (4) |
|
|
| 26 Across spelled backward |
|
|
| Attempt |
Puzzler Backwords |
26 Nov 2023 |
| Attempt |
The Guardian Quick |
25 Nov 2023 |
| ___ in the back (betray) |
|
|
| Pierce turned willow spindle's top |
|
|
| Go and try! (4) |
|
|
| Wild guess |
Newsday |
20 Nov 2023 |
| Attack with a dagger |
|
|
| Try |
New York Times |
18 Nov 2023 |
| Wild guess |
LA Times Daily |
14 Nov 2023 |
| Rough attempt (4) |
Puzzler |
13 Nov 2023 |
| Wild guess |
USA Today |
09 Nov 2023 |
| Attempt |
USA Today |
08 Nov 2023 |
| Pierce with a knife |
Puzzler Backwords |
07 Nov 2023 |
| Wild guess |
New York Times |
07 Nov 2023 |
| ___ in the back (betray) |
|
|
| Skewer |
New York Times |
03 Nov 2023 |
| Sticks up for attempt |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
02 Nov 2023 |
| Try stiletto |
The Telegraph Toughie |
26 Oct 2023 |
| ___ someone in the back (betray) |
|
|
| ___ in the back (betray) |
|
|
| Wild guess |
Newsday |
09 Oct 2023 |
| ___ in the back (betray) |
|
|
| "I'll take a ___ at it!" |
USA Today |
07 Oct 2023 |
| Attempt |
USA Today |
03 Oct 2023 |
| Use a bayonet |
Family Time |
01 Oct 2023 |
| Unfocused attempt |
Newsday |
29 Sep 2023 |
| Wild guess |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Sep 2023 |
| Take a ___ at (try) |
|
|
| Shot in the dark |
Universal |
15 Sep 2023 |
| Motion to strike? |
New York Times |
14 Sep 2023 |
| Wild guess |
Premier Sunday |
10 Sep 2023 |
| Wild guess |
Newsday |
06 Sep 2023 |
| Wild guess |
New York Times |
03 Sep 2023 |
| Wild guess |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Aug 2023 |
| Wild guess |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Aug 2023 |
| Knife crazy revolutionary |
The Times Cryptic |
08 Aug 2023 |
| ___ in the back (betray someone) |
|
|
| Wild guess |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Aug 2023 |
| ___ in the back (betray) |
|
|
| Haphazard attempt |
Newsday |
30 Jul 2023 |
| Poke with a toothpick, say |
|
|
| Wild guess |
USA Today |
28 Jul 2023 |
| Poke with a toothpick |
Universal |
26 Jul 2023 |
| Wild guess |
New York Times |
26 Jul 2023 |
| Stick a toothpick in |
Universal |
20 Jul 2023 |
| Wild guess |
Newsday |
17 Jul 2023 |
| Wild guess |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Jul 2023 |
| ___ in the back (betray) |
|
|
| Wild guess |
Newsday |
10 Jul 2023 |
| Wild guess |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Jul 2023 |
| Uneducated guess |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jul 2023 |
| Shot in the dark |
Universal |
02 Jul 2023 |
| Wild guess |
The Times Concise |
30 Jun 2023 |
| Jab with a knife |
|
|
| Jab with a sharp object |
|
|
| Wild guess |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Jun 2023 |
| Go crazy on the way back |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
06 Jun 2023 |
| Pierce with a fork, say |
|
|
| Pierce |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 May 2023 |
| Wild guess |
USA Today |
18 May 2023 |
| ___ in the back (betray) |
|
|
| Try |
LA Times Daily |
03 May 2023 |
| Shot in the dark |
New York Times |
01 May 2023 |
| Stick a skewer in |
Universal |
28 Apr 2023 |
| Pierce with a point |
Family Time |
24 Apr 2023 |
| Attempt |
New York Times |
21 Apr 2023 |
| Wild guess |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Apr 2023 |
| Pierce with a fork |
Universal |
05 Apr 2023 |
| Wild guess |
Family Time |
03 Apr 2023 |
| Impale |
|
|
| Shot in the dark |
Universal |
01 Apr 2023 |
| Wild guess |
Newsday |
21 Mar 2023 |
| Wild guess |
Newsday |
20 Mar 2023 |
| Attempt |
LA Times Daily |
06 Mar 2023 |
| Wild guess |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Mar 2023 |
| Dueler's injury |
LA Times Daily |
14 Feb 2023 |
| Attempt |
New York Times |
12 Feb 2023 |
| Wild guess |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Feb 2023 |
| Take a ___ at (attempt) |
USA Today |
10 Feb 2023 |
| Wild guess |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Feb 2023 |
| Wild guess |
LA Times Daily |
08 Feb 2023 |
| Wild guess |
Eugene Sheffer |
31 Jan 2023 |
| Take a ___ at (try) |
USA Today |
23 Jan 2023 |
| Guess |
New York Times |
12 Jan 2023 |
| ___ in the back (betray) |
|
|
| Stick a fork in |
Universal |
03 Jan 2023 |
| Attempt |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Pierce, as with a toothpick |
|
|
| Stick a toothpick in |
Family Time |
25 Dec 2022 |
| Guess in the dark? |
|
|
| Random guess |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Dec 2022 |
| Shot in the dark |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Dec 2022 |
| Rough guess |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Dec 2022 |
| ___ in the dark (wild guess) |
|
|
| Random guess |
|
|
| Informal attempt |
Universal |
24 Nov 2022 |
| Crack constabulary is inspiring |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
17 Nov 2022 |
| Try, sometimes |
|
|
| Shot in the dark |
Newsday |
10 Nov 2022 |
| Unsure shot |
Newsday |
29 Oct 2022 |
| Wild guess |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Oct 2022 |
| Wild guess |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Oct 2022 |
| Try |
LA Times Daily |
29 Sep 2022 |
| Take a ___ at (attempt) |
USA Today |
29 Sep 2022 |
| Go for clubs from the south |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 Sep 2022 |
| Take a __ at (try) |
Newsday |
14 Sep 2022 |
| Random guess |
USA Today |
04 Sep 2022 |
| Poke with a toothpick |
Universal |
31 Aug 2022 |
| Stick of rock? Not one Boatman supports |
The Guardian Cryptic |
31 Aug 2022 |
| Stick of rock? Not one Boatman supports |
|
|
| Wild guess |
New York Times |
28 Aug 2022 |
| 'I'll take a ___ at it' |
USA Today |
24 Aug 2022 |
| Pierce with a toothpick |
|
|
| Poke with a toothpick |
|
|
| Take a wild guess |
|
|
| Wild guess |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Jul 2022 |
| Attempt |
LA Times Daily |
17 Jul 2022 |
| Wild guess |
Universal |
14 Jul 2022 |
| Use a toothpick, say |
|
|
| Attack like Brutus |
Universal |
04 Jul 2022 |
| Rough guess |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Jun 2022 |
| Wild guess |
Newsday |
19 Jun 2022 |
| Stick a toothpick through |
|
|
| Rough guess |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Jun 2022 |
| Poke with a toothpick |
|
|
| Sudden feeling, as of remorse |
New York Times |
22 May 2022 |
| Uneducated guess |
LA Times Daily |
20 May 2022 |
| Uneducated guess |
|
|
| Wild guess |
|
|
| Wild guess |
LA Times Daily |
18 May 2022 |
| Try |
|
|
| Shot in the dark |
|
|
| Wild guess |
Universal |
04 May 2022 |
| Pierce with a dagger |
The Times Concise |
29 Apr 2022 |
| Wild guess |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Apr 2022 |
| Casual attempt |
Universal |
27 Apr 2022 |
| Stick with a toothpick |
Family Time |
11 Apr 2022 |
| Sailor on street to attack with knife |
The Times Cryptic |
31 Mar 2022 |
| Take a ___ at (try) |
USA Today |
27 Mar 2022 |
| ___ in the back (betray) |
|
|
| Guess |
LA Times Daily |
23 Mar 2022 |
| Guess |
|
|
| Sudden sharp pain |
New York Times |
13 Mar 2022 |
| Wild guess |
USA Today |
13 Mar 2022 |
| Wild guess |
Newsday |
02 Mar 2022 |
| Casual try |
Universal |
02 Mar 2022 |
| Wild guess |
|
|
| Poke with a toothpick |
|
|
| Wild guess |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Feb 2022 |
| Flipping crazy attempt |
|
|
| Go — attack! |
The Guardian Quick |
24 Jan 2022 |
| Poke holes in? |
|
|
| ___ in the back (betray) |
|
|
| Cut willows back |
The Telegraph Toughie |
09 Dec 2021 |
| Wild guess |
New York Times |
06 Dec 2021 |
| Flipping crazy attempt |
|
|
| Stick a knife into |
|
|
| Wild guess |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Nov 2021 |
| Pierce with a knife, say |
|
|
| Stick a fork in |
|
|
| Stick a toothpick through |
|
|
| Wild guess |
USA Today |
17 Oct 2021 |
| Small label to stick |
|
|
| Dagger attack |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Oct 2021 |
| Take a ___ at it (try) |
Family Time |
03 Oct 2021 |
| Wild guess |
New York Times |
29 Sep 2021 |
| Informal attempt |
Universal |
12 Sep 2021 |
| Pierce with a knife |
|
|
| Wild guess |
Newsday |
25 Aug 2021 |
| Try crazy flips |
The Telegraph Toughie |
24 Aug 2021 |
| Stick a toothpick in |
Family Time |
23 Aug 2021 |
| Wild guess |
Newsday |
18 Aug 2021 |
| Wild guess |
New York Times |
17 Aug 2021 |
| Wild guess |
New York Times |
10 Aug 2021 |
| 'I'll take a ___ at it' |
USA Today |
09 Aug 2021 |
| Wild guess |
Newsday |
25 Jul 2021 |
| Wild guess |
New York Times |
21 Jul 2021 |
| Pierce; attempt |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Jul 2021 |
| Attempt |
USA Today |
18 Jul 2021 |
| Try |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jul 2021 |
| Try |
|
|
| Random guess |
New York Times |
01 Jul 2021 |
| Go mad when retired |
|
|
| Go, having emptied salt -- salt! |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Jun 2021 |
| Shot, use weapon |
|
|
| Wild guess |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 May 2021 |
| ___ in the back (betray) |
|
|
| Impale; try |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 Apr 2021 |
| Wild guess |
New York Times |
19 Apr 2021 |
| Whack |
|
|
| Attack with a knife |
|
|
| Wild guess |
|
|
| Had a go at raising flying mammals |
|
|
| Wild guess |
Newsday |
30 Mar 2021 |
| ___ in the back (betrayal) |
|
|
| Shot in the dark |
Newsday |
25 Mar 2021 |
| Crack, so to speak |
New York Times |
06 Mar 2021 |
| Pierce with a toothpick |
Universal |
20 Feb 2021 |
| 'I'll take a ___ at it' |
USA Today |
18 Feb 2021 |
| Rough guess |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Feb 2021 |
| Casual attempt |
Universal |
06 Feb 2021 |
| Attempt |
New York Times |
27 Jan 2021 |
| Take a ___ at (try) |
|
|
| Go out to lunch when retired |
|
|
| Pierce |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Jan 2021 |
| Impale vampires returning? |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Jan 2021 |
| Wild guess |
|
|
| Injure with a pencil point |
Family Time |
14 Dec 2020 |
| Poke with a pitchfork |
Universal |
13 Dec 2020 |
| Go crazy after retirement |
|
|
| Aimless attempt |
|
|
| Stick a fork in |
|
|
| Stick a fork in |
LA Times Daily |
30 Nov 2020 |
| Jab |
|
|
| Try, informally |
New York Times |
24 Nov 2020 |
| Dueler's type of wound |
Family Time |
22 Nov 2020 |
| Whack |
|
|
| ___ in the back (betray) |
|
|
| Whack |
LA Times Daily |
20 Nov 2020 |
| Go doolally when retired |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 Nov 2020 |
| Wild guess |
|
|
| Informal guess |
|
|
| Pierce with a pointed stick |
Family Time |
01 Nov 2020 |
| Wound with a knife |
|
|
| Wild guess |
LA Times Daily |
18 Oct 2020 |
| Wild guess |
|
|
| Wild guess |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Sep 2020 |
| Grab with a toothpick |
|
|
| Grab with a toothpick |
LA Times Daily |
28 Sep 2020 |
| ___ in the back (betray) |
|
|
| Cricketers turned up in pink |
|
|
| Shot in the dark |
New York Times |
25 Sep 2020 |
| Attack with a knife |
|
|
| Jab with a knife |
|
|
| Spear with a fork |
Universal |
15 Aug 2020 |
| Flipping bonkers essay! |
The Telegraph Toughie |
13 Aug 2020 |
| Take a ___ at (try) |
Universal |
10 Aug 2020 |
| Attempt |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Aug 2020 |
| Informal attempt |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Jul 2020 |
| Attack with a knife |
|
|
| Attempt, metaphorically |
Universal |
06 Jul 2020 |
| Pierce with a toothpick |
|
|
| Pierce with a knife |
The Times Concise |
30 Jun 2020 |
| Crack in captain's table |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
17 Jun 2020 |
| Jab with a knife |
|
|
| Brutal act of Brutus |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jun 2020 |
| Brutal act of Brutus |
|
|
| Attack with a knife |
|
|
| Knife wound |
|
|
| Attempt |
USA Today |
05 Jun 2020 |
| Go bananas, having been stood up |
|
|
| Jab with a knife |
|
|
| Jab with a knife |
New York Times |
25 May 2020 |
| Attack pointedly |
Wall Street Journal |
16 May 2020 |
| Perforate, in a way |
New York Times |
14 May 2020 |
| Shot |
|
|
| Shot |
LA Times Daily |
09 May 2020 |
| Stick with a point |
Family Time |
03 May 2020 |
| Rough guess |
Newsday |
03 May 2020 |
| Try |
|
|
| Try |
LA Times Daily |
19 Apr 2020 |
| Sharp pain |
New York Times |
12 Apr 2020 |
| Wild guess |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Apr 2020 |
| Wild guess |
Universal |
31 Mar 2020 |
| *Motionless sculptures |
Universal |
21 Mar 2020 |
| Shot wound |
|
|
| Metaphoric action of betrayal? |
|
|
| Try small amount of LSD |
The Telegraph Toughie |
19 Feb 2020 |
| Go crazy when upset |
|
|
| Attack with a knife |
|
|
| Bats! Bats! A way to get rid of bats! |
|
|
| Go out to lunch to reflect |
|
|
| Attack with a knife |
|
|
| Go mad on retirement |
|
|
| Go crazy the wrong way |
|
|
| Vampires on the rise? Impale! |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Dec 2019 |
| Jab with a knife |
|
|
| Stick with a toothpick |
Family Time |
18 Nov 2019 |
| Go back in cab at seven |
|
|
| Shot in the dark |
USA Today |
26 Oct 2019 |
| Jab with a sharp object |
|
|
| Knife thrust |
|
|
| ___ in the back (betray someone) |
|
|
| Run through |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Sep 2019 |
| Haphazard attempt |
Newsday |
12 Sep 2019 |
| Attack like Brutus |
USA Today |
08 Aug 2019 |
| Stick a toothpick through |
Universal |
04 Aug 2019 |
| Go mad when rejected |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Jul 2019 |
| Dagger wound |
The Times Concise |
15 Jul 2019 |
| Knife wound |
|
|
| Jab with a knife |
|
|
| Total guess |
Universal |
05 Jul 2019 |
| Use a dagger to injure someone |
|
|
| Attempt, informally |
New York Times |
27 Jun 2019 |
| Thrust a knife |
|
|
| Crack |
New York Times |
26 May 2019 |
| Attack with a dagger |
|
|
| Wild attempt |
|
|
| Wild attempt |
LA Times Daily |
19 May 2019 |
| Metaphorical attempt |
Universal |
18 May 2019 |
| Poke with a pike |
USA Today |
13 May 2019 |
| Go crazy after revolution |
|
|
| Uninformed guess |
Newsday |
02 May 2019 |
| Impale good man — a bishop |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Apr 2019 |
| Injure someone seriously with a knife |
|
|
| Poke, as a pea |
Universal |
06 Apr 2019 |
| Wound with a dagger |
|
|
| Punch a hole with a knife |
|
|
| Poke holes in |
USA Today |
13 Mar 2019 |
| Sudden pain |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Mar 2019 |
| Go crazy getting upset |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
28 Feb 2019 |
| Attempt to knife |
|
|
| Shot hits from behind |
|
|
| Go crazy, in a spin |
|
|
| Wild guess |
Premier Sunday |
03 Feb 2019 |
| Rough guess |
|
|
| ___ in the back (betray someone) |
|
|
| Grab with a toothpick |
USA Today |
29 Jan 2019 |
| Unconfident try |
Newsday |
17 Jan 2019 |
| Thrust ( As with a knife ) |
|
|
| Rough guess |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Jan 2019 |
| Whack |
|
|
| Total guess |
|
|
| Shot in the dark |
|
|
| Poke with a pike |
|
|
| Poke holes in |
|
|
| Grab with a toothpick |
|
|
| Attack like Brutus |
|
|
| Guesstimate |
|
|
| Rough guess |
|
|
| Attack creatures of the night from below |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
01 Jan 2019 |
| Run through |
|
|
| Sudden pain |
|
|
| Wild guess |
|
|
| Attempt, informally |
|
|
| Crack |
|
|
| Stick a toothpick through |
|
|
| Poke, as a pea |
|
|
| Metaphorical attempt |
|
|
| Wild guess |
|
|
| Wild attempt |
|
|
| Attempt |
|
|
| Attempt to run through |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Dec 2018 |
| Make a pin prick |
Universal |
22 Dec 2018 |
| Attack with a knife |
|
|
| Wild guess |
USA Today |
15 Dec 2018 |
| Bayonet through |
Universal |
04 Dec 2018 |
| Employ a dagger |
|
|
| Attempt |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Nov 2018 |
| Go crazy on the way back, for instance |
|
|
| Desperation guess |
Family Time |
05 Nov 2018 |
| Attempt |
Universal |
30 Oct 2018 |
| Wild shot |
Family Time |
28 Oct 2018 |
| "Take a ___ at the problem." (try) |
|
|
| Sudden sharp pain |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Oct 2018 |
| Figurative attempt |
|
|
| Pierce with a dagger |
|
|
| Attempt, slangily |
Universal |
07 Oct 2018 |
| Go mad when retired |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Oct 2018 |
| Pierce with dagger |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Oct 2018 |
| Wild guesses |
Newsday |
01 Oct 2018 |
| Shot in the dark |
|
|
| Shot in the dark |
LA Times Daily |
29 Sep 2018 |
| Thrust with a knife |
|
|
| Try second dose of drugs |
|
|
| Attempt; knife |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Sep 2018 |
| Attempt |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Sep 2018 |
| Knife wound |
|
|
| Uneducated guess |
|
|
| Uneducated guess |
LA Times Daily |
28 Aug 2018 |
| Stick a toothpick in |
Family Time |
27 Aug 2018 |
| Use a fork on |
Newsday |
18 Aug 2018 |
| Puncture with a knife |
|
|
| Try attack |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
30 Jul 2018 |
| Emulate a good dueler |
Universal |
24 Jul 2018 |
| Try |
New York Times |
24 Jul 2018 |
| Attempt crazy Spinning |
|
|
| Knife found among precious tableware |
|
|
| Thrust with a pointed weapon |
|
|
| Puncture with a knife |
|
|
| Go to wound as Casca |
The Telegraph Toughie |
12 Jul 2018 |
| Wild guess |
|
|
| Pierce with a knife |
|
|
| Speculative attempt |
Newsday |
08 Jun 2018 |
| Random guess |
New York Times |
04 Jun 2018 |
| Knife |
|
|
| Rough guess |
Premier Sunday |
20 May 2018 |
| Cut mammals up |
|
|
| Knife wound |
|
|
| Impale |
New York Times |
02 May 2018 |
| Stick a toothpick in, as a snack |
LA Times Daily |
30 Apr 2018 |
| Stick a toothpick in, as a snack |
|
|
| Jab with a toothpick, say |
|
|
| Attempt |
|
|
| Go mad in retirement |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Apr 2018 |
| Attempt |
LA Times Daily |
12 Apr 2018 |
| Out-there guess |
Universal |
29 Mar 2018 |
| Go bananas having been given the run-around! |
|
|
| Attack as Hamlet did Polonius |
New York Times |
06 Mar 2018 |
| Informal attempt |
Newsday |
22 Feb 2018 |
| Work a bayonet |
Universal |
09 Feb 2018 |
| Go crazy, spinning around |
|
|
| Attack with a sword |
|
|
| Make a pin prick |
|
|
| Random guess |
|
|
| Shot in the dark |
|
|
| Attempt |
|
|
| Attempt, slangily |
|
|
| Bayonet through |
|
|
| Emulate a good dueler |
|
|
| Out-there guess |
|
|
| Work a bayonet |
|
|
| Wild guess |
|
|
| Attempt |
|
|
| Sudden sharp pain |
|
|
| Attack as Hamlet did Polonius |
|
|
| Impale |
|
|
| Uneducated guess |
|
|
| Stick a toothpick in, as a snack |
|
|
| Shot in the dark |
|
|
| Pierce |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Dec 2017 |
| Halfhearted guess |
Universal |
18 Dec 2017 |
| Go crazy in retirement |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
05 Dec 2017 |
| Go crazy, having flipped |
The Telegraph Toughie |
05 Dec 2017 |
| A quick jab with a knife |
|
|
| Impale vampires coming from the east? |
|
|
| Wound on a dueler |
New York Times |
21 Nov 2017 |
| Jab with a knife |
|
|
| Twinge; guess |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Oct 2017 |
| "A ___ in the dark" (A wild guess) |
|
|
| Rough guess |
|
|
| Go crazy in retirement |
|
|
| Crazy guess |
Universal |
04 Oct 2017 |
| Shot in the dark |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Sep 2017 |
| Stick with a bayonet |
USA Today |
16 Sep 2017 |
| Turn round the bend, and go |
|
|
| Wound loony up |
|
|
| Attack with a knife |
|
|
| __ in the back: betray |
|
|
| __ in the back: betray |
LA Times Daily |
08 Aug 2017 |
| Poke with a knife |
|
|
| Use a bayonet |
Family Time |
23 Jul 2017 |
| Pierce with a dagger |
|
|
| Attack from Casca or Brutus |
USA Today |
06 Jul 2017 |
| Total guess |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jun 2017 |
| Get to the end of Julius Caesar, in a way? |
|
|
| Go crazy when rejected |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 May 2017 |
| Run through |
New York Times |
20 May 2017 |
| Jab with a knife |
|
|
| Thrust a bayonet |
Universal |
25 Mar 2017 |
| Thrust in, as with a knife |
|
|
| Precious tableware includes knife |
The Times Cryptic |
20 Mar 2017 |
| Uneducated guess |
|
|
| Go mad when turned back |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Feb 2017 |
| Use a shiv |
|
|
| Grab with a cocktail fork |
USA Today |
10 Feb 2017 |
| Attack with a sword |
New York Times |
02 Feb 2017 |
| Blind guess |
Family Time |
22 Jan 2017 |
| Use a stiletto on |
|
|
| Stick with a blade |
Universal |
19 Jan 2017 |
| Halfhearted guess |
|
|
| Wild guess |
|
|
| Crazy guess |
|
|
| Try |
|
|
| Wound on a dueler |
|
|
| Run through |
|
|
| Attack with a sword |
|
|
| __ in the back: betray |
|
|
| Stick with a bayonet |
|
|
| Grab with a cocktail fork |
|
|
| Attack from Casca or Brutus |
|
|
| Rough guess |
|
|
| Use the working end of a bayonet |
Universal |
14 Dec 2016 |
| Attempt nocturnal types mounted |
|
|
| Impale; attempt |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Dec 2016 |
| Rough guess |
LA Times Daily |
30 Nov 2016 |
| Sharp pain |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Nov 2016 |
| Attempt, in slang |
Universal |
11 Sep 2016 |
| Use a bayonet |
Universal |
02 Sep 2016 |
| Random attempt |
Newsday |
01 Sep 2016 |
| Knife taken into constabulary |
|
|
| Pierce with a harpoon |
Universal |
10 Jul 2016 |
| Blind guess |
Premier Sunday |
10 Jul 2016 |
| Shot-in-the-dark guess |
Universal |
30 May 2016 |
| Rough guess |
USA Today |
18 May 2016 |
| Knife |
The Guardian Quick |
06 May 2016 |
| Wild guess |
|
|
| Try to create perforation |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
03 May 2016 |
| Impale |
|
|
| Attack a la Brutus |
Family Time |
02 May 2016 |
| Attempt |
The Guardian Speedy |
01 May 2016 |
| Awkward try by upcoming cricketers |
|
|
| Get one's point across? |
|
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| Crazy creatures coming up? Try knife |
|
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| Go crazy in retirement |
|
|
| Transfix |
New York Times |
03 Mar 2016 |
| Knife |
|
|
| Puncture |
|
|
| Try various tablets in reduced quantity |
|
|
| Sudden sharp feeling |
The Guardian Quick |
13 Feb 2016 |
| Impale |
USA Today |
10 Feb 2016 |
| Harpoon, essentially |
Family Time |
08 Feb 2016 |
| Guess |
|
|
| Impale |
|
|
| Rough guess |
|
|
| Pierce with a harpoon |
|
|
| Rough guess |
|
|
| Wild guess |
|
|
| Jab with a knife |
|
|
| Use the working end of a bayonet |
|
|
| Attempt, in slang |
|
|
| Shot-in-the-dark guess |
|
|
| Stick salad starter on bill |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 Nov 2015 |
| Police officer sustaining wound |
|
|
| Harpoon, e.g |
Universal |
23 Oct 2015 |
| Knife thrust |
Universal |
20 Oct 2015 |
| Figurative try |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Oct 2015 |
| Utilize a bayonet |
Family Time |
21 Sep 2015 |
| Go crazy in retirement |
|
|
| Shot wound |
|
|
| Attack a la Norman Bates |
USA Today |
26 Aug 2015 |
| Use a dagger |
USA Today |
11 Aug 2015 |
| Whack |
New York Times |
31 Jul 2015 |
| Guess what Boycott used to make a comeback |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Jul 2015 |
| Try going round the bend in reverse |
|
|
| Attempt, slangily |
USA Today |
20 Jul 2015 |
| Conjecture, so to speak |
Newsday |
16 Jul 2015 |
| Impale |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Jul 2015 |
| Sudden pain that has mammals rolling over |
The Times Cryptic |
07 Jul 2015 |
| Bayonet verbally? |
Universal |
02 Jul 2015 |
| One may be taken in desperation |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jun 2015 |
| Jab with a knife |
Universal |
26 Jun 2015 |
| Near-random guess |
Universal |
25 Jun 2015 |
| Stick a fork into |
Family Time |
21 Jun 2015 |
| Use a bayonet |
USA Today |
12 Jun 2015 |
| Attain peas? |
|
|
| Semi-educated guess |
|
|
| Attempt, informally |
USA Today |
25 May 2015 |
| Bayonet thrust |
Universal |
24 May 2015 |
| Shot from Surrey's opener, Bill |
|
|
| Wild attempt |
Universal |
09 May 2015 |
| Piercing wound |
USA Today |
08 May 2015 |
| Emulate a picador |
Universal |
06 Apr 2015 |
| Attack with a knife |
New York Times |
06 Apr 2015 |
| Knife thrust |
USA Today |
05 Apr 2015 |
| Attempt, in slang |
USA Today |
22 Mar 2015 |
| Skewer |
New York Times |
05 Mar 2015 |
| Spear |
Premier Sunday |
08 Feb 2015 |
| Guess |
LA Times Daily |
01 Feb 2015 |
| Wound with knife |
The Telegraph Quick |
31 Jan 2015 |
| Has a go at introducing St Thomas ? Becket |
|
|
| Pierce with a knife |
Universal |
03 Jan 2015 |
| Crack |
|
|
| Bayonet thrust |
|
|
| Bayonet verbally? |
|
|
| Emulate a picador |
|
|
| Harpoon, e.g. |
|
|
| Jab with a knife |
|
|
| Knife thrust |
|
|
| Near-random guess |
|
|
| Pierce with a knife |
|
|
| Wild attempt |
|
|
| Piercing wound |
|
|
| One may be taken in desperation |
|
|
| Spear |
|
|
| Guess |
|
|
| Attempt |
|
|
| Blind guess |
|
|
| Figurative try |
|
|
| Whack |
|
|
| Skewer |
|
|
| Attack with a knife |
|
|
| Put a straw into, as a Capri Sun bag |
|
|
| Puncture |
|
|
| Wild guess |
|
|
| Shot in the dark |
|
|
| Rough guess |
|
|
| Conjecture, so to speak |
|
|
| Use a dagger |
|
|
| Wild guess |
|
|
| Rough guess |
|
|
| Blind effort |
|
|
| Use a bayonet |
|
|
| Grab with a toothpick |
|
|
| Attack a la Norman Bates |
|
|
| Attempt, in slang |
|
|
| Attempt, informally |
|
|
| Attempt, slangily |
|
|
| Knife thrust |
|
|
| Shot nocturnal creatures heading north |
|
|
| Hit back after son is hit |
|
|
| Crazy about this attack |
|
|
| Force a fork into |
|
|
| Brief try |
|
|
| Stick with a knife |
|
|
| Assault with a knife |
|
|
| Skewer |
|
|
| Sharp thrust |
|
|
| Stick with a toothpick |
|
|
| Baffled "Jeopardy!" contestant's effort |
|
|
| Brief try |
|
|
| Bayonet thrust |
|
|
| Push a prong through |
|
|
| Attempt |
|
|
| Run through |
|
|
| Uninformed guess |
|
|
| Poke holes in |
|
|
| Blind guess |
|
|
| Swordsman's injury |
|
|
| Iffy attempt |
|
|
| Attempt |
|
|
| Stick with a shiv, say |
|
|
| Wound with a knife |
|
|
| Sharp pain |
|
|
| Knife wound |
|
|
| Kind of thrust |
|
|
| Knife nuts from below |
|
|
| Quick thrust, in fencing |
|
|
| Harpoon, e.g. |
|
|
| Put a fork in |
|
|
| Desperate guess |
|
|
| Rough guess |
|
|
| Use a knife, say |
|
|
| Attack with a shiv |
|
|
| Awkward try |
|
|
| Knife |
|
|
| Pang, as of conscience |
|
|
| Pierce |
|
|
| Stick |
|
|
| Shot in the dark |
|
|
| Wild guess |
|
|
| Drive the point home |
|
|
| Effort |
|
|
| Run through |
|
|
| Slangy attempt |
|
|
| Thrust tines into |
|
|
| Total guess |
|
|
| You might take one before giving up |
|
|
| Attack with a dagger |
|
|
| Wild, desperate guess |
|
|
| Stick a knife into |
|
|
| Attempt |
|
|
| Spear |
|
|
| Wound for Cassio |
|
|
| Grab with a toothpick |
|
|
| Pierce |
|
|
| Spear |
|
|
| Attempt |
|
|
| Attack like Norman Bates |
|
|
| Attack with a dagger |
|
|
| Shot |
|
|
| Spear |
|
|
| Crack |
|
|
| Unfocused attempt |
|
|
| Use a dirk on |
|
|
| Get a point across? |
|
|
| Effort |
|
|
| Attack, as Caesar |
|
|
| Shot |
|
|
| Pierce with a fork, e.g. |
|
|
| Crack |
|
|
| Rough guess |
|
|
| Poke holes in |
|
|
| Wild, desperate guess |
|
|
| Attack with a knife |
|
|
| Shot |
|
|
| Stick a spear into |
|
|
| Figurative try |
|
|
| Attempt |
|
|
| Attack a la Brutus |
|
|
| Attack with a knife |
New York Times |
18 Apr 2011 |
| Guesstimate |
|
|
| Attack with a dagger |
|
|
| Semi-educated guess |
|
|
| Injure with a pitchfork |
|
|
| Use a dirk on |
|
|
| Blind guess |
|
|
| Use a dagger |
|
|
| Use a skewer |
|
|
| Blind guess |
|
|
| Knife |
|
|
| Use a bayonet |
|
|
| "True friends ___ you in the front" (Oscar Wilde) |
|
|
| Pierce |
|
|
| Bayonet thrust |
|
|
| Stick with a stick |
|
|
| Stick |
|
|
| Try |
|
|
| Take a __ at: try |
|
|
| Attack a la Norman Bates |
|
|
| Run through with a saber |
|
|
| Run a blade through |
|
|
| Bayonet |
|
|
| Use a skewer |
|
|
| Rough estimate |
|
|
| Seize with a toothpick |
|
|
| Pierce with a toothpick |
|
|
| Injure with a pitchfork |
|
|
| Desperation guess |
|
|
| Grab with a fork |
|
|
| Attempt |
|
|
| Use a shiv |
|
|
| Lance |
|
|
| Bayonet thrust |
|
|
| Guesstimate |
|
|
| Shiv shove |
|
|
| Attack la Brutus |
|
|
| Random guess |
|
|
| "I'll take a ___ at it" |
|
|
| Unconfident attempt |
|
|
| Attack à la Brutus |
|
|
| Desperation guess |
|
|
| Use a bayonet |
|
|
| Run through |
|
|
| Impale |
|
|
| Shank, in prison lingo |
|
|
| Uneducated guess |
|
|
| Quick thrust |
|
|
| Try |
|
|
| Thrust with a bayonet |
|
|
| Wild attempt |
|
|
| Try |
|
|
| Use a poniard |
|
|
| Wound with a dagger |
|
|
| Effort |
|
|
| Jerky thrust |
|
|
| Puncture with a prong |
|
|
| Run through |
|
|
| Shot in the dark |
|
|
| Poke with a pike |
|
|
| Use a shiv on |
|
|
| It may be wild |
|
|
| Attempt |
|
|
| Bayonet, e.g. |
|
|
| It's sometimes made in the dark |
|
|
| Attempt |
|
|
| Shank |
|
|
| Effort |
|
|
| Pierce with a toothpick |
|
|
| Wild attempt |
|
|
| "True friends __ you in the front": Wilde |
|
|
| Stick with a toothpick |
|
|
| Piercing thrust |
|
|
| Use a knife or fork |
|
|
| Utilize a bayonet |
|
|
| "True friends __ you in the front": Wilde |
|
|
| Guess |
|
|
| Whack |
|
|
| Wild guess |
|
|
| Wound with a knife |
|
|
| Shot |
|
|
| Wild try |
|
|
| Puncture |
|
|
| Wild guess |
|
|
| Gore |
|
|
| Make the cut? |
|
|
| Pierce |
|
|
| Sharp pain |
|
|
| Penetrate, in a way |
|
|
| Pierce with a knife |
|
|
| Bayonet, e.g. |
|
|
| Employ a dirk |
|
|
| Injure with a bayonet |
|
|
| Pointed attack? |
|
|
| Prick |
|
|
| Whack |
|
|
| Skewer |
|
|
| Shot in the dark |
|
|
| Sharp pain |
|
|
| Uneducated guess |
|
|
| Pierce |
|
|
| Pierce |
|
|
| Guess |
|
|
| Seize with a toothpick |
|
|
| Go |
|
|
| Use a poniard |
|
|
| Wild guess |
|
|
| One may be made before giving up |
|
|
| Run through |
|
|
| Get one's point across? |
|
|
| Try |
|
|
| Attempt |
|
|
| One may be made before giving up |
|
|
| Run through |
|
|
| Cutting thrust |
|
|
| Pierce with a fork, e.g. |
|
|
| Crack |
|
|
| Dirk |
|
|
| More than a twinge |
|
|
| Quick thrust, in fencing |
|
|
| Poke holes in |
|
|
| Use a dirk on |
|
|
| Gore |
|
|
| Emulate Brutus |
|
|
| Puncture |
|
|
| Grab with a fork |
|
|
| Make a try at |
|
|
| Pierce |
|
|
| Spear |
|
|
| Wild guess |
|
|
| Use a dirk |
|
|
| Thrusting blow |
|
|
| Attempt |
|
|
| Stick a fork into |
|
|
| Use a skewer |
|
|
| Make the cut? |
|
|
| Wound with a dagger |
|
|
| Acute onset |
|
|
| Pierce with a point |
|
|
| Rough guess |
|
|
| Puncture |
|
|
| Knife wound |
|
|
| Utilize a toothpick |
|
|
| Transfix |
|
|
| Shot in the dark |
|
|
| Shot |
|
|
| Run through |
|
|
| Pierce with a point |
|
|
| Use a skewer |
|
|
| Make the cut? |
|
|
| Brief attempt |
|
|
| It may be wild |
|
|
| More than a twinge |
|
|
| Brief attempt |
|
|
| Get a point across? |
|
|
| Stick a knife into |
|
|
| It may be wild |
|
|
| Jerky thrust |
|
|
| Grab with a fork |
|
|
| Sharp pain |
|
|
| Skewer |
|
|
| Awkward try |
|
|
| Run-through? |
|
|
| Pierce |
|
|
| Dueler's injury |
|
|
| Guesstimate |
|
|
| Knife thrust |
|
|
| Stick a fork in |
|
|
| Use a bayonet on |
|
|
| Use a poniard |
|
|
| Attempt |
|
|
| Guesstimate |
|
|
| Pang |
|
|
| Effort |
|
|
| Wild attempt |
|
|
| Knife |
|
|
| Try |
|
|
| Plunge in |
|
|
| Poke with a pick |
|
|
| Effort |
|
|
| Run through |
|
|
| Pointed attack? |
|
|
| Take a _____ at (try) |
|
|
| Guesstimate |
|
|
| Pierce with a fork |
|
|
| Shot in the dark |
|
|
| Run through |
|
|
| Pang |
|
|
| Bayonet |
|
|
| Harpoon, e.g. |
|
|
| Attack with a knife |
|
|
| Sudden sensation |
|
|
| Use a dirk |
|
|
| Pierce |
|
|
| Estimate |
|
|
| Sharp feeling |
|
|
| Try |
|
|
| Use a dirk |
|
|
| Try |
|
|
| Stick with a stiletto |
|
|
| Get with a toothpick |
|
|
| Stick |
|
|
| Feeling of pain |
|
|
| See 47-Across |
|
|
| Pierce with a fork |
|
|
| Pierce deeply |
|
|
| Rough try |
|
|
| Reasonable try |
|
|
| Take a ___ at it: try |
|
|
| Brief attempt |
|
|
| Transfix |
|
|
| Wild try |
|
|
| Wield a knife |
|
|
| Wild guess |
|
|
| Run a blade through |
|
|
| It's sometimes made in the dark |
|
|
| "Shank," in prison lingo |
|
|
| Verb heard in the O.J. trial |
|
|
| Pang |
|
|
| Brief effort |
|
|
| Stick a spear into |
|
|
| Wound with a knife |
|
|
| Get one's point across? |
|
|
| Effort |
|
|
| Grab with a toothpick |
|
|
| Wild attempt |
|
|
| Sharp thrust |
|
|
| Skewer |
|
|
| Pierce |
|
|
| Stick with something |
|
|
| Kind of thrust |
|
|
| Brief try |
|
|
| Make a try |
|
|
| Pang, as of conscience |
|
|
| Attack with a knife |
|
|
| Gore |
|
|
| Take a ____ at |
|
|
| Bayonet |
|
|
| Shot |
|
|
| What "shank" means in the penitentiary |
|
|
| Take a knife to |
|
|
| Thrust |
|
|
| Rough guess |
|
|
| Guess |
|
|
| Piercing wound |
|
|
| Quick thrust |
|
|
| Take a ____ at: attempt |
|
|
| Knife wound |
|
|
| Pierce with a point |
|
|
| "Shank," in prison lingo |
|
|
| Pin, in a way |
|
|
| Guess |
|
|
| Seize with a toothpick |
|
|
| Use a knife or fork |
|
|
| Cut |
|
|
| Crack |
|
|
| Make a ___:try |
|
|
| Injure with a pitchfork |
|
|
| Take a___at |
|
|
| Make A __ try |
|
|
| Penetrate |
|
|
| Trial |
|
|
| Pierce |
|
|
| Knife |
|
|
| Wild guess |
|
|
| Attempt |
|
|
| Conjecture |
|
|
| Thrust |
|
|
| Wild attempt |
|
|
| Awkward try |
|
|
| Wild try |
|
|
| Effort |
|
|
| Brief effort |
|
|
| Take a ___ at (try) |
|
|
| Billiard shot |
|
|
| Puncture |
|
|
| Casca thrust |
|
|
| Pink |
|
|
| Uncertain effort |
|
|
| Bats backward |
|
|
| Poke with a pike |
|
|
| Thrust of a sort |
|
|
| Attempt of a sort |
|
|
| Transfix |
|
|
| Stiletto thrust |
|
|
| Pang |
|
|
| Use a kris |
|
|
| Wield a poniard |
|
|
| Use a dirk |
|
|
| Use a dirk |
|
|
| Brief try |
|
|
| Boxer's hard jab |
|
|
| Use a shiv |
|
|
| Use a poniard |
|
|
| Try |
|
|
| Casca inflicted one |
|
|
| Emulate Brutus or Casca |
|
|
| Shaky attempt |
|
|
| A go at it |
|
|
| Dagger thrust |
|
|
| Sudden pain |
|
|
| Casual attempt |
|
|
| Uneducated guess |
|
|
| Sudden, painful sensation |
|
|
| Blind shot |
|
|
| Sudden, sharp sensation |
|
|
| Billiards shot |
|
|
| Take a ___ at |
|
|
| Brief attempt |
|
|
| Thrust at |
|
|
| Make a ___ at |
|
|
| Sneaky back wound |
|
|
| Dagger wound |
|
|
| ___ in the back |
|
|
| Use a dagger |
|
|
| Guess |
|
|
| Sharp pang |
|
|
| Emulate Brutus |
|
|
| Quick attempt |
|
|
| Wound for Caesar |
|
|
| Back injury of sorts |
|
|
| Sudden pang |
|
|
| Sudden pain. |
|
|
| Sharp pain. |
|
|
| Pierce. |
|
|
| Effort: Colloq. |
|
|
| Emulate 5 Across. |
|
|
| Pang. |
|
|
| Sudden painful sensation. |
|
|
| Make a ___ at (try). |
|
|
| Blind shot. |
|
|
| Knife. |
|
|
| Sudden attempt: Colloq. |
|
|
| ___ in the back. |
|
|
| Brutus' modus operandi. |
|
|
| Blind try. |
|
|
| Sharp thrust. |
|
|
| Jerky stroke with a bat. |
|
|
| Casca's blow. |
|
|
| Brief try. |
|
|
| Rough guess. |
|
|
| In the back, it's infamy. |
|
|
| A try: Colloq. |
|
|
| Strike with a pointed weapon. |
|
|
| Puncture. |
|
|
| Poignant shock. |
|
|
| Use a toothpick |
|
|
| Shot in the dark |
|
|
| Seize with a toothpick |
|
|
| Random guess |
|
|
| Quick chord |
|
|
| Pierce with a knife |
|
|
| Lance |
|
|
| Grab with tines |
|
|
| Sly thrust. |
|
|
| Betray. |
|
|
| Nature of Casca's attack |
|
|
| A jerky stroke, as with a bat. |
|
|
| Thrust. |
|
|
| Attempt. |
|
|
| Attempt: Colloq. |
|
|
| Try: Colloq. |
|
|
| Haphazard attempt |
|
|
| What Mercutio dies of. |
|
|
| Fatal to Juliet. |
|
|
| A random effort. |
|
|
| Make a ___ at. |
|
|
| Injury, often in the back. |
|
|
| Wild guess. |
|
|
| An attempt: Colloq. |
|
|
| A fumbling try: Colloq. |
|
|
| Back wound. |
|
|
| Aimless attempt: Colloq. |
|
|
| Twinge. |
|
|
| Jerky stroke, in sports. |
|
|
| Sudden pang. |
|
|
| Pink. |
|
|
| Wound. |
|
|
| Random effort. |
|
|
| Sudden twinge. |
|
|
| Sudden trial: Colloq. |
|
|
| Whodunit deed. |
|
|