The Clue
Slide on ice (5 letter answer)
The Answer
SKATE
Tags
Notes
The answer SKATE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 130 puzzles.
Related Clues
Glide
Ice-___
Ray
Rollerblade
Brinker's blade
Carnivorous fish
Cheap follower
Emulate Zayak
Go blading
Go smoothly
Kind of board
In-line item
Play in the N.H.L.
Ray variety
Rink need
Roller or ice
Rollerblade, e.g.
Skim the surface?
Ape Hans Brinker
Do a figure eight
Emulate Dorothy Hamill
Emulate Eric Heiden
Emulate Gretzky or Hamill
Emulate Hamill or Fleming
Emulate Hans Brinker
Foot gear for an N.H.L.'er
Kind of board or key
Pass superficially (over)
Play for the Bruins, say
Roll right along
Shirk duties, finally
What the Rangers do
Do figure eights, say
It may have a blade
Play for the Red Wings, e.g.
It has a wheel on its heel
Definition
SKATE as a noun:
1. sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs
2. large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins
SKATE as a verb:
1. move along on skates; "The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter"