Stinging
Crossword Clue and Answers

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Publications

Irish Times Simplex Crossword - Wednesday, 27 Apr 2016
Irish Times Simplex Crossword - Monday, 29 Feb 2016

Crossword Answers

4 letters

ACID
Street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

5 letters

EDGED
(of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character; "cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment"

ACRID
Harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique"

STING
A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

6 letters

BITING
Capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"

7 letters

CUTTING
The act of diluting something; "the cutting of whiskey with water"; "the thinning of paint with turpentine"

PUNGENT
Capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"