The Clue
Impales (5 letter answer)
The Answer
GORES
Tags
Notes
The answer GORES is uncommon, appearing about once every 575 puzzles.
Related Clues
Gussets
Pierces
Is piercing
Sticks
Al and Tipper
Garment inserts
Injures with a horn
Inserts on skirts
Runs through
Skirt features
Skirt inserts
Skirt panels
Triangular insets
Tusks, e.g.
Horns in on?
Eminent Washington family
Second family of the 1990's
Tennessee political family
Definition
GORE as a noun:
1. (Gore, Al Gore, Albert Gore Jr.) = Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948)
2. coagulated blood from a wound
3. a triangular piece of cloth
4. (bloodshed, gore) = the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen"
GORE as a verb:
1. wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument
2. cut into gores; "gore a skirt"