The Clue
Tenpenny, etc. (5 letter answer)
The Answer
NAILS
Tags
Notes
The answer NAILS is common and appears about once every 225 puzzles.
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Aces
Attaches
Captures
Collars
Fasteners
Fastens
Hard as ___
Sparables
Tough as ___
Brad and spad
Carpenter's need
Carpenter's purchase
Does perfectly
Epitome of hardness
Epitome of toughness
Filed items
Filed things
Gets perfectly
Hard as ___ (tough)
A human score
Manicurists' concerns
Manicurist's expertise
Manicurists' jobs
Manicurists' targets
Nabs a crook
Performs perfectly
Polish receivers
Polish sites
Symbol of hardness
Symbol of toughness
Symbols of hardness
Accomplishes perfectly, as a dismount
Barrelful at a hardware store
Catches but good
Catches red-handed
Hob or hang followers
Items to be filed
Manicurists treat them
They're bitten and banged
Things to be filed
Secretaries may file these
They may be polished
They may be done in a salon
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