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The Clue
Scold harshly (5 letter answer)
The Answer
BASTE
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Notes
The answer BASTE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 180 puzzles.
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Abuse
Cudgel
Hem
Sew
Stitch
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Wallop
Beat badly
Beat soundly
Butter up?
Cookbook direction
Deal with a roast
Dress down
Moisten meat
Moisten, in the oven
Moisten a roast
Moisten the roast
Moisten, in a way
Pour on liquid
Sew or cook
Sew loosely
Tend to the turkey
Tend to, as a turkey
Do a sewing job
Make a temporary stitch
Moisten while cooking
Sew with loose stitches
Tack up a hem
Definition
BASTE as a noun:
1. (baste, basting, tacking) = loose temporary stitches
BASTE as a verb:
1. cover with liquid before cooking; "baste a roast"
2. (clobber, baste, batter) = strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"
3. (baste, tack) = sew together loosely, with large stitches; "baste a hem"