The Clue
It gives you total coverage (4 letter answer)
The Answer
SKIN
Tags
Notes
The answer SKIN is seen frequently, appearing about once every 160 puzzles.
Related Clues
Bamboozle
Casing
Excoriate
Flay
Fleece
Flimflam
Hide
Integument
Pelt
Rind
Scrape
"Birthday suit"
Body protector
"Canvas" for tattoos
Cheat, slangily
Do out of
Fauna wrapper
Injure, as the knee
Kind of flint
Outer layer
Partner of bones
Red or buck
Scrape, as a knee
Scrape, as the knee
A stake, metaphorically
Trapper's offering
Pig or sheep follower
Proverbial tooth part
Tattoo artist's "canvas"
Wilder's "The ___ of Our Teeth"
Hide but not hair
It's got you covered
It's all around you
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"