___ in the back (betray) |
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Initial guess |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Mar 2024 |
Jab with a sharp object |
|
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Try lifting nocturnal creatures up (4) |
|
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Perhaps vampires will come back and inflict knife wound (4) |
|
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An attempt; to injure, in one way |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
24 Mar 2024 |
Go crazy when it's sent back (4) |
|
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Rough guess |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Mar 2024 |
Random try |
|
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Shot back to get crackers (4) |
|
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Injure with horns |
|
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Attempt |
USA Today |
06 Mar 2024 |
Pierce with a fork |
|
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Rough guess |
LA Times Daily |
03 Mar 2024 |
Host able to pierce it! (4) |
|
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Have a guess and turn up looking dotty (4) |
|
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Plunge blade into |
|
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Puncture with a knife (4) |
Puzzler |
29 Feb 2024 |
___ in the dark (wild guess) |
|
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Plunge a toothpick into an olive |
Family Time |
26 Feb 2024 |
Shot back, mad (4) |
|
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Injure with a knife |
|
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Spear thrust at body initially (4) |
|
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"Take a ___ at" (try) |
|
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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) |
|
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Attempt to deploy cutting-edge technology? (4) |
|
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Pierce with a dagger |
The Times Concise |
29 Jan 2024 |
Cricketers in retirement having go |
|
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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 |
|
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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) |
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Attempt to use a knife |
Mirror Cryptic |
05 Jan 2024 |
Pierce |
Mirror Quick |
05 Jan 2024 |
Skewer bananas upside down |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
04 Jan 2024 |
Poke with a toothpick |
USA Today |
04 Jan 2024 |
Wild guess |
New York Times |
25 Dec 2023 |
Guesstimate |
New York Times |
24 Dec 2023 |
___ in the dark (wild guess) |
|
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Thrust in the back perhaps, mad to spin round |
The Times Cryptic |
21 Dec 2023 |
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 |
|
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Attack with a dagger |
|
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Pierce |
Commuter |
04 Dec 2023 |
Vampire-related verb that reverses to a vampire-related plural noun |
|
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___ in the dark (wild guess) |
|
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Impale good man: a bishop |
|
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Attempt to put the knife in (4) |
|
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Attempt to back round the bend (4) |
|
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26 Across spelled backward |
|
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Attempt |
Puzzler Backwords |
26 Nov 2023 |
Attempt |
The Guardian Quick |
25 Nov 2023 |
___ in the back (betray) |
|
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Pierce turned willow spindle's top |
|
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Go and try! (4) |
|
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Wild guess |
Newsday |
20 Nov 2023 |
Attack with a dagger |
|
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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) |
|
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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) |
|
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___ in the back (betray) |
|
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___ in the back (betray) |
|
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Wild guess |
Newsday |
09 Oct 2023 |
"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 |
Take a ___ at (try) |
|
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Wild guess |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Sep 2023 |
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 |
Wild guess |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Aug 2023 |
___ in the back (betray someone) |
|
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___ in the back (betray) |
|
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Haphazard attempt |
Newsday |
30 Jul 2023 |
Poke with a toothpick, say |
|
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Wild guess |
USA Today |
28 Jul 2023 |
Wild guess |
New York Times |
26 Jul 2023 |
Poke with a toothpick |
Universal |
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 |
|
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Jab with a sharp object |
|
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Wild guess |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Jun 2023 |
Go crazy on the way back |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
06 Jun 2023 |
Pierce with a fork, say |
|
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Pierce |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 May 2023 |
___ in the back (betray) |
|
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Wild guess |
USA Today |
18 May 2023 |
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 |
Impale |
Canadiana |
03 Apr 2023 |
Wild guess |
Family Time |
03 Apr 2023 |
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) |
|
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Stick a fork in |
Universal |
03 Jan 2023 |
Attempt |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Dec 2022 |
Pierce, as with a toothpick |
|
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Stick a toothpick in |
Family Time |
25 Dec 2022 |
Random guess |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Dec 2022 |
Guess in the dark? |
|
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Shot in the dark |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Dec 2022 |
Rough guess |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Dec 2022 |
___ in the dark (wild guess) |
|
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Random guess |
|
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Informal attempt |
Universal |
24 Nov 2022 |
Crack constabulary is inspiring |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
17 Nov 2022 |
Try, sometimes |
Canadiana |
14 Nov 2022 |
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 |
Stick of rock? Not one Boatman supports |
The Guardian Cryptic |
31 Aug 2022 |
Stick of rock? Not one Boatman supports |
|
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Poke with a toothpick |
Universal |
31 Aug 2022 |
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 |
The Washington Post |
20 May 2022 |
Wild guess |
The Washington Post |
18 May 2022 |
Wild guess |
LA Times Daily |
18 May 2022 |
Try |
Canadiana |
16 May 2022 |
Shot in the dark |
The Washington Post Sunday |
08 May 2022 |
Wild guess |
Universal |
04 May 2022 |
Pierce with a dagger |
The Times Concise |
29 Apr 2022 |
Casual attempt |
Universal |
27 Apr 2022 |
Wild guess |
Eugene Sheffer |
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 |
___ in the back (betray) |
|
|
Take a ___ at (try) |
USA Today |
27 Mar 2022 |
Guess |
The Washington Post |
23 Mar 2022 |
Guess |
LA Times Daily |
23 Mar 2022 |
Wild guess |
USA Today |
13 Mar 2022 |
Sudden sharp pain |
New York Times |
13 Mar 2022 |
Casual try |
Universal |
02 Mar 2022 |
Wild guess |
Newsday |
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 |
Irish Times Simplex |
01 Sep 2021 |
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 |
The Washington Post |
16 Jul 2021 |
Try |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jul 2021 |
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 |
Irish Times Crosaire |
03 Apr 2021 |
Wild guess |
Newsday |
30 Mar 2021 |
Shot in the dark |
Newsday |
25 Mar 2021 |
___ in the back (betrayal) |
|
|
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 |
|
|
Impale vampires returning? |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Jan 2021 |
Pierce |
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 |
Jonesin |
08 Dec 2020 |
Jab |
|
|
Stick a fork in |
The Washington Post |
30 Nov 2020 |
Stick a fork in |
LA Times Daily |
30 Nov 2020 |
Try, informally |
New York Times |
24 Nov 2020 |
Dueler's type of wound |
Family Time |
22 Nov 2020 |
Whack |
The Washington Post |
20 Nov 2020 |
___ in the back (betray) |
|
|
Whack |
LA Times Daily |
20 Nov 2020 |
Wild guess |
|
|
Go doolally when retired |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 Nov 2020 |
Informal guess |
The Washington Post Sunday |
15 Nov 2020 |
Pierce with a pointed stick |
Family Time |
01 Nov 2020 |
Wound with a knife |
|
|
Wild guess |
The Washington Post |
18 Oct 2020 |
Wild guess |
LA Times Daily |
18 Oct 2020 |
Wild guess |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Sep 2020 |
Grab with a toothpick |
The Washington Post |
28 Sep 2020 |
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 |
The Washington Post |
14 Jun 2020 |
Brutal act of Brutus |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jun 2020 |
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 |
The Washington Post |
09 May 2020 |
Shot |
LA Times Daily |
09 May 2020 |
Stick with a point |
Family Time |
03 May 2020 |
Rough guess |
Newsday |
03 May 2020 |
Try |
LA Times Daily |
19 Apr 2020 |
Try |
The Washington Post |
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 |
|
|
___ in the back (betray someone) |
|
|
Knife thrust |
The Washington Post Sunday |
29 Sep 2019 |
Haphazard attempt |
Newsday |
12 Sep 2019 |
Run through |
Wall Street Journal |
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 |
The Washington Post |
19 May 2019 |
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 |
The Washington Post Sunday |
03 Feb 2019 |
___ 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 ) |
Canadiana |
07 Jan 2019 |
Rough guess |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Jan 2019 |
Attempt, informally |
|
|
Wild guess |
|
|
Sudden pain |
|
|
Poke holes in |
|
|
Poke with a pike |
|
|
Guesstimate |
|
|
Crack |
|
|
Run through |
|
|
Grab with a toothpick |
|
|
Attack like Brutus |
|
|
Rough guess |
|
|
Wild guess |
|
|
Wild attempt |
|
|
Whack |
|
|
Attempt |
|
|
Attack creatures of the night from below |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
01 Jan 2019 |
Stick a toothpick through |
|
|
Shot in the dark |
|
|
Total guess |
|
|
Poke, as a pea |
|
|
Metaphorical 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 |
The Washington Post Sunday |
02 Dec 2018 |
Attempt |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Nov 2018 |
Desperation guess |
Family Time |
05 Nov 2018 |
Go crazy on the way back, for instance |
|
|
Attempt |
Universal |
30 Oct 2018 |
Wild shot |
Family Time |
28 Oct 2018 |
Sudden sharp pain |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Oct 2018 |
"Take a ___ at the problem." (try) |
|
|
Figurative attempt |
The Washington Post Sunday |
14 Oct 2018 |
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 |
The Washington Post |
29 Sep 2018 |
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 |
LA Times Daily |
28 Aug 2018 |
Uneducated guess |
The Washington Post |
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 |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
15 Jul 2018 |
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 |
The New Yorker |
21 May 2018 |
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 |
The Washington Post |
30 Apr 2018 |
Jab with a toothpick, say |
|
|
Attempt |
The Washington Post |
12 Apr 2018 |
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 |
|
|
Work a bayonet |
|
|
Stick a toothpick in, as a snack |
|
|
Attack as Hamlet did Polonius |
|
|
Wild guess |
|
|
Emulate a good dueler |
|
|
Attempt, slangily |
|
|
Attempt |
|
|
Shot in the dark |
|
|
Random guess |
|
|
Out-there guess |
|
|
Shot in the dark |
|
|
Sudden sharp pain |
|
|
Impale |
|
|
Uneducated guess |
|
|
Make a pin prick |
|
|
Bayonet through |
|
|
Attempt |
|
|
Pierce |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Dec 2017 |
Halfhearted guess |
Universal |
18 Dec 2017 |
Go crazy, having flipped |
The Telegraph Toughie |
05 Dec 2017 |
Go crazy in retirement |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
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 |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
13 Oct 2017 |
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 |
LA Times Daily |
08 Aug 2017 |
__ in the back: betray |
The Washington Post |
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 |
Get to the end of Julius Caesar, in a way? |
Jonesin |
27 Jun 2017 |
Total guess |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jun 2017 |
Run through |
New York Times |
20 May 2017 |
Go crazy when rejected |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
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 |
The Washington Post |
15 Feb 2017 |
Grab with a cocktail fork |
USA Today |
10 Feb 2017 |
Attack with a sword |
New York Times |
02 Feb 2017 |
Use a stiletto on |
The Washington Post |
22 Jan 2017 |
Blind guess |
Family Time |
22 Jan 2017 |
Stick with a blade |
Universal |
19 Jan 2017 |
Attack with a sword |
|
|
Rough guess |
|
|
Try |
|
|
__ in the back: betray |
|
|
Crazy guess |
|
|
Halfhearted guess |
|
|
Wild guess |
|
|
Attack from Casca or Brutus |
|
|
Grab with a cocktail fork |
|
|
Stick with a bayonet |
|
|
Wound on a dueler |
|
|
Run through |
|
|
Use the working end of a bayonet |
Universal |
14 Dec 2016 |
Impale; attempt |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Dec 2016 |
Attempt nocturnal types mounted |
|
|
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 |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
06 May 2016 |
Try to create perforation |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
03 May 2016 |
Attack a la Brutus |
Family Time |
02 May 2016 |
Impale |
Canadiana |
02 May 2016 |
Attempt |
The Guardian Speedy |
01 May 2016 |
Awkward try by upcoming cricketers |
|
|
Get one's point across? |
The Washington Post |
17 Apr 2016 |
Crazy creatures coming up? Try knife |
|
|
Transfix |
New York Times |
03 Mar 2016 |
Go crazy in retirement |
|
|
Puncture |
The Washington Post |
22 Feb 2016 |
Knife |
Canadiana |
22 Feb 2016 |
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 |
The Washington Post |
20 Jan 2016 |
Wild guess |
|
|
Jab with a knife |
|
|
Attempt, in slang |
|
|
Pierce with a harpoon |
|
|
Shot-in-the-dark guess |
|
|
Use the working end of a bayonet |
|
|
Impale |
|
|
Rough guess |
|
|
Rough 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? |
Jonesin |
02 Jun 2015 |
Semi-educated guess |
Jonesin |
26 May 2015 |
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 |
Attack with a knife |
New York Times |
06 Apr 2015 |
Emulate a picador |
Universal |
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 |
Irish Times Crosaire |
15 Jan 2015 |
Pierce with a knife |
Universal |
03 Jan 2015 |
Attempt, informally |
|
|
Pierce with a knife |
|
|
Near-random guess |
|
|
Jab with a knife |
|
|
Blind guess |
|
|
Bayonet thrust |
|
|
Bayonet verbally? |
|
|
Emulate a picador |
|
|
Harpoon, e.g. |
|
|
Attempt |
|
|
Blind effort |
|
|
Crack |
|
|
Grab with a toothpick |
|
|
Attack with a knife |
|
|
Skewer |
|
|
Whack |
|
|
Guess |
|
|
One may be taken in desperation |
|
|
Conjecture, so to speak |
|
|
Rough guess |
|
|
Shot in the dark |
|
|
Wild guess |
|
|
Spear |
|
|
Attack a la Norman Bates |
|
|
Attempt, in slang |
|
|
Rough guess |
|
|
Wild attempt |
|
|
Put a straw into, as a Capri Sun bag |
|
|
Attempt, slangily |
|
|
Knife thrust |
|
|
Piercing wound |
|
|
Use a bayonet |
|
|
Use a dagger |
|
|
Wild guess |
|
|
Puncture |
|
|
Figurative try |
|
|
Knife thrust |
|
|
Shot nocturnal creatures heading north |
|
|
Hit back after son is hit |
|
|
Crazy about this attack |
|
|
Swordsman's injury |
|
|
Blind guess |
|
|
Poke holes in |
|
|
Uninformed guess |
|
|
Brief try |
|
|
Run through |
|
|
Sharp pain |
|
|
Stick with a toothpick |
|
|
Iffy attempt |
|
|
Assault with a knife |
|
|
Bayonet thrust |
|
|
Brief try |
|
|
Push a prong through |
|
|
Kind of thrust |
|
|
Wound with a knife |
|
|
Sharp thrust |
|
|
Attempt |
|
|
Stick with a shiv, say |
|
|
Knife wound |
|
|
Skewer |
|
|
Baffled "Jeopardy!" contestant's effort |
|
|
Stick with a knife |
|
|
Force a fork into |
|
|
Attempt |
|
|
Knife nuts from below |
|
|
Knife |
|
|
Shot in the dark |
|
|
Effort |
|
|
Wild, desperate guess |
|
|
Drive the point home |
|
|
Awkward try |
|
|
Attack with a shiv |
|
|
Attempt |
|
|
Attack with a dagger |
|
|
Desperate guess |
|
|
Stick |
|
|
Stick a knife into |
|
|
Run through |
|
|
Quick thrust, in fencing |
|
|
Put a fork in |
|
|
Harpoon, e.g. |
|
|
Pierce |
|
|
Pang, as of conscience |
|
|
Total guess |
|
|
Rough guess |
|
|
Use a knife, say |
|
|
Thrust tines into |
|
|
Wild guess |
|
|
Slangy attempt |
|
|
You might take one before giving up |
|
|
Attempt |
|
|
Attack a la Brutus |
|
|
Pierce |
|
|
Grab with a toothpick |
|
|
Attempt |
|
|
Poke holes in |
|
|
Pierce with a fork, e.g. |
|
|
Unfocused attempt |
|
|
Spear |
|
|
Shot |
|
|
Crack |
|
|
Figurative try |
|
|
Stick a spear into |
|
|
Effort |
|
|
Wound for Cassio |
|
|
Spear |
|
|
Shot |
|
|
Crack |
|
|
Rough guess |
|
|
Spear |
|
|
Shot |
|
|
Get a point across? |
|
|
Wild, desperate guess |
|
|
Use a dirk on |
|
|
Attack, as Caesar |
|
|
Attack with a knife |
|
|
Attack with a dagger |
|
|
Attack like Norman Bates |
|
|
Try |
|
|
"True friends ___ you in the front" (Oscar Wilde) |
|
|
Semi-educated guess |
|
|
Attack with a dagger |
|
|
Blind guess |
|
|
Use a skewer |
|
|
Take a __ at: try |
|
|
Run a blade through |
|
|
Pierce |
|
|
Use a dagger |
|
|
Bayonet thrust |
|
|
Stick with a stick |
|
|
Stick |
|
|
Run through with a saber |
|
|
Use a bayonet |
|
|
Attack a la Norman Bates |
|
|
Blind guess |
|
|
Guesstimate |
|
|
Injure with a pitchfork |
|
|
Use a dirk on |
|
|
Knife |
|
|
Bayonet thrust |
|
|
Random guess |
|
|
"I'll take a ___ at it" |
|
|
Grab with a fork |
|
|
Unconfident attempt |
|
|
Rough estimate |
|
|
Attempt |
|
|
Desperation guess |
|
|
Attack à la Brutus |
|
|
Shiv shove |
|
|
Guesstimate |
|
|
Bayonet |
|
|
Desperation guess |
|
|
Use a shiv |
|
|
Attack la Brutus |
|
|
Injure with a pitchfork |
|
|
Pierce with a toothpick |
|
|
Seize with a toothpick |
|
|
Use a skewer |
|
|
Lance |
|
|
Wild attempt |
|
|
Uneducated guess |
|
|
Use a bayonet |
|
|
Try |
|
|
Run through |
|
|
Use a poniard |
|
|
Impale |
|
|
Quick thrust |
|
|
Shank, in prison lingo |
|
|
Wound with a dagger |
|
|
Thrust with a bayonet |
|
|
Try |
|
|
Use a knife or fork |
|
|
Poke with a pike |
|
|
"True friends __ you in the front": Wilde |
|
|
Wound with a knife |
|
|
Effort |
|
|
Wild guess |
|
|
Whack |
|
|
"True friends __ you in the front": Wilde |
|
|
Utilize a bayonet |
|
|
Pierce with a toothpick |
|
|
Bayonet, e.g. |
|
|
Attempt |
|
|
Guess |
|
|
Stick with a toothpick |
|
|
Use a shiv on |
|
|
Shot in the dark |
|
|
It may be wild |
|
|
Wild attempt |
|
|
It's sometimes made in the dark |
|
|
Shank |
|
|
Effort |
|
|
Run through |
|
|
Jerky thrust |
|
|
Puncture with a prong |
|
|
Piercing thrust |
|
|
Attempt |
|
|
Pierce with a knife |
|
|
Sharp pain |
|
|
Employ a dirk |
|
|
Sharp pain |
|
|
Bayonet, e.g. |
|
|
Puncture |
|
|
Skewer |
|
|
Shot in the dark |
|
|
Pierce |
|
|
Guess |
|
|
Pierce |
|
|
Penetrate, in a way |
|
|
Make the cut? |
|
|
Pierce |
|
|
Gore |
|
|
Whack |
|
|
Wild guess |
|
|
Uneducated guess |
|
|
Injure with a bayonet |
|
|
Pointed attack? |
|
|
Prick |
|
|
Shot |
|
|
Wild try |
|
|
Attempt |
|
|
Quick thrust, in fencing |
|
|
Wild guess |
|
|
Run through |
|
|
Pierce with a fork, e.g. |
|
|
Seize with a toothpick |
|
|
Cutting thrust |
|
|
One may be made before giving up |
|
|
Get one's point across? |
|
|
Run through |
|
|
Use a poniard |
|
|
Dirk |
|
|
Go |
|
|
Crack |
|
|
One may be made before giving up |
|
|
Use a dirk on |
|
|
Poke holes in |
|
|
More than a twinge |
|
|
Try |
|
|
Utilize a toothpick |
|
|
Run through |
|
|
Shot in the dark |
|
|
Transfix |
|
|
Puncture |
|
|
Rough guess |
|
|
Stick a fork into |
|
|
Use a dirk |
|
|
Make the cut? |
|
|
Wild guess |
|
|
Spear |
|
|
Pierce |
|
|
Make a try at |
|
|
Grab with a fork |
|
|
Brief attempt |
|
|
Use a skewer |
|
|
Knife wound |
|
|
Puncture |
|
|
Wound with a dagger |
|
|
Attempt |
|
|
Thrusting blow |
|
|
Gore |
|
|
Acute onset |
|
|
Shot |
|
|
Use a skewer |
|
|
Pierce with a point |
|
|
Pierce with a point |
|
|
Make the cut? |
|
|
Emulate Brutus |
|
|
Stick a knife into |
|
|
Get a point across? |
|
|
Grab with a fork |
|
|
Pierce |
|
|
It may be wild |
|
|
Dueler's injury |
|
|
Run-through? |
|
|
Jerky thrust |
|
|
Brief attempt |
|
|
Sharp pain |
|
|
Skewer |
|
|
It may be wild |
|
|
Awkward try |
|
|
More than a twinge |
|
|
Shot in the dark |
|
|
Guesstimate |
|
|
Plunge in |
|
|
Guesstimate |
|
|
Pang |
|
|
Pang |
|
|
Guesstimate |
|
|
Effort |
|
|
Wild attempt |
|
|
Take a _____ at (try) |
|
|
Knife |
|
|
Try |
|
|
Use a bayonet on |
|
|
Effort |
|
|
Run through |
|
|
Pointed attack? |
|
|
Pierce with a fork |
|
|
Run through |
|
|
Use a poniard |
|
|
Poke with a pick |
|
|
Attempt |
|
|
Stick a fork in |
|
|
Knife thrust |
|
|
Attack with a knife |
|
|
Sudden sensation |
|
|
Use a dirk |
|
|
Pierce |
|
|
Harpoon, e.g. |
|
|
Bayonet |
|
|
Get with a toothpick |
|
|
Estimate |
|
|
Try |
|
|
Sharp feeling |
|
|
Try |
|
|
Use a dirk |
|
|
Stick with a stiletto |
|
|
Wield a knife |
|
|
Wild guess |
|
|
Wild try |
|
|
Pierce with a fork |
|
|
Take a ___ at it: try |
|
|
Reasonable try |
|
|
Pierce deeply |
|
|
Feeling of pain |
|
|
See 47-Across |
|
|
Run a blade through |
|
|
Stick |
|
|
Transfix |
|
|
It's sometimes made in the dark |
|
|
Brief attempt |
|
|
Rough try |
|
|
Skewer |
|
|
Wound with a knife |
|
|
Brief effort |
|
|
Wild attempt |
|
|
Stick a spear into |
|
|
Kind of thrust |
|
|
Pierce |
|
|
"Shank," in prison lingo |
|
|
Pang |
|
|
Effort |
|
|
Stick with something |
|
|
Sharp thrust |
|
|
Grab with a toothpick |
|
|
Get one's point across? |
|
|
Verb heard in the O.J. trial |
|
|
Attack with a knife |
|
|
Shot |
|
|
What "shank" means in the penitentiary |
|
|
Pang, as of conscience |
|
|
Bayonet |
|
|
Take a ____ at |
|
|
Take a knife to |
|
|
Gore |
|
|
Brief try |
|
|
Rough guess |
|
|
Thrust |
|
|
Piercing wound |
|
|
Guess |
|
|
Make a try |
|
|
Pin, in a way |
|
|
Pierce with a point |
|
|
"Shank," in prison lingo |
|
|
Guess |
|
|
Seize with a toothpick |
|
|
Knife wound |
|
|
Take a ____ at: attempt |
|
|
Quick thrust |
|
|
Use a knife or fork |
|
|
Cut |
|
|
Crack |
|
|
Make a ___:try |
|
|
Make A __ try |
|
|
Injure with a pitchfork |
|
|
Take a___at |
|
|
Trial |
|
|
Penetrate |
|
|
Pierce |
|
|
Knife |
|
|
Wild attempt |
|
|
Conjecture |
|
|
Thrust |
|
|
Attempt |
|
|
Wild guess |
|
|
Awkward try |
|
|
Wild try |
|
|
Effort |
|
|
Brief effort |
|
|
Take a ___ at (try) |
|
|
Casca thrust |
|
|
Billiard shot |
|
|
Puncture |
|
|
Bats backward |
|
|
Uncertain effort |
|
|
Pink |
|
|
Poke with a pike |
|
|
Thrust of a sort |
|
|
Transfix |
|
|
Attempt of a sort |
|
|
Stiletto thrust |
|
|
Use a dirk |
|
|
Use a dirk |
|
|
Use a kris |
|
|
Pang |
|
|
Wield a poniard |
|
|
Boxer's hard jab |
|
|
Emulate Brutus or Casca |
|
|
Use a shiv |
|
|
Use a poniard |
|
|
Try |
|
|
Casca inflicted one |
|
|
Brief try |
|
|
Dagger thrust |
|
|
A go at it |
|
|
Shaky attempt |
|
|
Sudden pain |
|
|
Casual attempt |
|
|
Uneducated guess |
|
|
Blind shot |
|
|
Sudden, painful sensation |
|
|
Take a ___ at |
|
|
Sudden, sharp sensation |
|
|
Billiards shot |
|
|
Thrust at |
|
|
Brief attempt |
|
|
Sneaky back wound |
|
|
Make a ___ at |
|
|
Dagger wound |
|
|
Guess |
|
|
___ in the back |
|
|
Use a dagger |
|
|
Emulate Brutus |
|
|
Sharp pang |
|
|
Wound for Caesar |
|
|
Quick attempt |
|
|
Back injury of sorts |
|
|
Sudden pang |
|
|
Try: Colloq. |
|
|
Haphazard attempt |
|
|
Sudden pain. |
|
|
Effort: Colloq. |
|
|
Casca's blow. |
|
|
Brief try. |
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Wild guess. |
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Pierce. |
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Sharp pain. |
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Whodunit deed. |
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Aimless attempt: Colloq. |
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An attempt: Colloq. |
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Jerky stroke, in sports. |
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Attempt. |
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Twinge. |
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Make a ___ at. |
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Thrust. |
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Nature of Casca's attack |
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Pink. |
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Sudden pang. |
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Back wound. |
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Attempt: Colloq. |
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Random effort. |
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Wound. |
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Sudden twinge. |
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Emulate 5 Across. |
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Sudden trial: Colloq. |
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Blind shot. |
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Pang. |
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Make a ___ at (try). |
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Injury, often in the back. |
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Sudden painful sensation. |
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Sudden attempt: Colloq. |
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___ in the back. |
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Brutus' modus operandi. |
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Blind try. |
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A random effort. |
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Jerky stroke with a bat. |
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Sharp thrust. |
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What Mercutio dies of. |
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In the back, it's infamy. |
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A try: Colloq. |
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Rough guess. |
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A fumbling try: Colloq. |
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Fatal to Juliet. |
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Strike with a pointed weapon. |
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A jerky stroke, as with a bat. |
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Betray. |
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Poignant shock. |
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Puncture. |
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Knife. |
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Sly thrust. |
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Lance |
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Quick chord |
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Random guess |
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Seize with a toothpick |
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Shot in the dark |
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Use a toothpick |
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Grab with tines |
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Pierce with a knife |
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