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Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

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TOP
A canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance; "he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent"; "they had the big top up in less than an hour"

TAN
A light brown the color of topaz

GET
A return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent

VEX
Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

CAP
A tight-fitting headdress

TAR
A man who serves as a sailor

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EDGE
A sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box"

FEND
Withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"

BUNK
A bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers

DEAD
People who are no longer living; "they buried the dead"

DRUM
Small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise

ABET
Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing

FLAP
Any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely; "he wrote on the flap of the envelope"

FLOG
Beat with a cane

BEST
The supreme effort one can make; "they did their best"

MAUL
A heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges

POSE
A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display

WHIP
A quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; "the whip raised a red welt"

CANE
A stiff switch used to hit students as punishment

TICK
Any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals

LASH
A quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; "the whip raised a red welt"

LICK
Touching with the tongue; "the dog's laps were warm and wet"

DRUB
Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"

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SPENT
Drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted; "the day's shopping left her exhausted"; "he went to bed dog-tired"; "was fagged and sweaty"; "the trembling of his played out limbs"; "felt completely washed-out"; "only worn-out horses and cattle"; "you look worn out"

PULSE
The rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart"

CANED

FLAIL
An implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing

ALLIN
Very tired; "was all in at the end of the day"; "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"; "bushed after all that exercise"; "I'm dead after that long trip"

UPEND
Set, turn, or stand on end; "upend the box and empty the contents"

POUND
The act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway"

WEARY
Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"

OUTDO
Be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"

ROUTE
An open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

TEMPO
(music) the speed at which a composition is to be played

THUMP
Hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"

THROB
An instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart); "he felt a throbbing in his head"

OUTDO

TIRED
Depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat"

WORST
The weakest effort or poorest achievement one is capable of; "it was the worst he had ever done on a test"

AMAZE
Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

STICK
Stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!"

METER
Any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity

METRE
Rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration

ROUND
The usual activities in your day; "the doctor made his rounds"

CRUSH
The act of crushing

SHELL
The hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod

STRAP
A band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag

SPANK
A slap with the flat of the hand

WALED

NOSED
Having a nose (either literal or metaphoric) especially of a specified kind

THRUM
A thrumming sound; "he could hear the thrum of a banjo"

WHISK
A mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream

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CUDGEL
A club that is used as a weapon

BUFFET
A piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers

POOPED

SWITCH
The act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election"

STRIKE
A conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang"

PUZZLE
A game that tests your ingenuity

QUIVER
The act of vibrating

OUTFOX
Beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"

OUTWIT
Beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"

PATROL
The activity of going around or through an area at regular intervals for security purposes

TUCKER
A sewer who tucks

WASHUP
The act of washing dishes

GRAVEL
Rock fragments and pebbles

BEATUP
Give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"

BAFFLE
A flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy

THRESH
Beat the seeds out of a grain

WALLOP
A severe blow

BATTER
A liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking

TOPPED
Having a top of a specified character

STRESS
The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"

PULSED

DEFEAT
The feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals

OUTRAN

BUSHED
Very tired; "was all in at the end of the day"; "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"; "bushed after all that exercise"; "I'm dead after that long trip"

PUMMEL
Strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators"

TANNED
(of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun; "a young bronzed Apollo"

BESTED

POMMEL
An ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger

RHYTHM
Natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle)

LICKED
Having been got the better of; "I'm pretty beat up but I don't feel licked yet"

BASHED

THRASH
A swimming kick used while treading water

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PULSATE
Produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses; "pulse waves"; "a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube"

WORSTED
A tightly twisted woolen yarn spun from long-staple wool

OUTPACE
Surpass in speed; "Malthus believed that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence"

TROUNCE
Censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"

SURPASS
Distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math"

GAHBIBH

MYSTIFY
Make mysterious; "mystify the story"

NONPLUS
Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

PERPLEX
Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

STUPEFY
Make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"

BEATNIK
A member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior

FLUMMOX
Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

BEATOUT
Beat out a rhythm

EXHAUST
Eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"

CADENCE
A recurrent rhythmical series

MEASURE
How much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify