Skin
Crossword Clue and Answers

Let's see if we can help you solve the crossword puzzle "Skin", we have 27 possible answers for this crossword clue, so hopefully we can assist you.

This clue in was most recently seen in the wild in Evening Standard Quick Crossword.

We classify Skin to be a COMMON crossword clue as we've seen it included in several crossword publications.

Hopefully we have helped you solve Skin, if you have a moment we'd love to see you join our growing crossword community and contribute some answers of your own.

Publications

  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Friday, 5 Nov 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Monday, 16 Aug 2021
  • The Guardian Quick - Friday, 15 Jan 2021

Crossword Answers

4 letters

HIDE
Body covering of a living animal

RIND
The natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating)

FLAY
Strip the skin off

PARE
Decrease gradually or bit by bit

PELT
Body covering of a living animal

PEEL
The rind of a fruit or vegetable

BARK
A sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts

SHIN
The front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle

HUSK
Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

TONE
(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages; "the Beijing dialect uses four tones"

5 letters

FLESH
The soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat

DERMA
The deep vascular inner layer of the skin

CUTIS
A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body"

6 letters

SCRAPE
A deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility); "all that bowing and scraping did not impress him"

SHINNY
A simple version of hockey played by children on the streets (or on ice or on a field) using a ball or can as the puck

CASING
The enclosing frame around a door or window opening; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced"

DERMIS
The deep vascular inner layer of the skin

FLENSE
Strip the blubber or skin from (a whale or seal)

BRACER
A tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor)

7 letters

SPUTTER
An utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)

CLAMBER
An awkward climb; "reaching the crest was a real clamber"

8 letters

SCRAMBLE
Rushing about hastily in an undignified way

STRUGGLE
Strenuous effort; "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her"

TEGUMENT
A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body"

MEMBRANE
A thin pliable sheet of material

9 letters

EPIDERMIS
The outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates

EXCORIATE
Express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated"