The Clue
It's on the tip of one's finger (4 letter answer)
The Answer
NAIL
Tags
Notes
The answer NAIL is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.
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Ace
Catch
Claw
Fasten
Fastener
Nab
___ polish
Unguis
"For want of a ___ . . . "
Brad, e.g.
Brad or spad
Cabinetmaker's need
Catch a crook
Catch, slangily
Cobbler's sparable
Digital protection
Do perfectly
Execute perfectly
Fasten permanently
Finger's tip
Get the goods on
Hammer's target
Hit hard
Kind of polish
Manicurist's concern
Sparable, e.g.
Spike's relative
Staple's kin
Tenpenny, e.g.
Tooth's partner
Catch but good
Catch red-handed
___ down (make final)
Emery-board target
Get exactly right
One that gets hit on the head
It's often polished
Place for some polish
Proverbial kingdom-loser
Something often polished
It gets hit on the head
Its overgrowth is called onychauxis
It's right at your fingertip
Something to be hit on the head
Definition
NAIL as a noun:
1. horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
2. a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
3. a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
NAIL as a verb:
1. attach something somewhere by means of nails; "nail the board onto the wall"
2. (collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop) = take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
3. (smash, nail, boom, blast) = hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer"
4. (nail down, nail, peg) = succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard"
5. (breeze through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through, sail through, nail) = succeed at easily; "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics course"
6. (pinpoint, nail) = locate exactly; "can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?"; "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome"
7. (complete, nail) = complete a pass