The Clue
Beauty's depth, in a saying (4 letter answer)
The Answer
SKIN
Tags
Notes
The answer SKIN is seen frequently, appearing about once every 160 puzzles.
Related Clues
Bamboozle
Casing
Cheat
Flay
Fleece
Flesh
Flimflam
Hide
Integument
Peel
Pelt
Scrape
"Birthday suit"
Body protector
Bones' partner
Cheat, slangily
Defraud, slangily
The depth of beauty
Dermatologist's study
Do out of
Injure, as a knee
Kind of flint
Outer layer
Partner of bones
Potato part
Red or buck
Scrape, as the knee
Proverbial tooth part
Where pores are
Word with deep or dive
Hide but not hair
It's got you covered
Second word in a Wilder title
"I've Got You Under My ___"
Definition
SKIN as a noun:
1. (skin, tegument, cutis) = a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body"
2. (skin, rind, peel) = the tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit)
3. an outer surface (usually thin); "the skin of an airplane"
4. (hide, pelt, skin) = body covering of a living animal
5. a person's skin regarded as their life; "he tried to save his skin"
6. (peel, skin) = the rind of a fruit or vegetable
7. a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal
SKIN as a verb:
1. (clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter) = climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
2. (skin, scrape) = bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell"
3. (bark, skin) = remove the bark of a tree
4. (skin, peel, pare) = strip the skin off; "pare apples"