The Clue
___ the cat (4 letter answer)
The Answer
SKIN
Tags
Notes
The answer SKIN is seen frequently, appearing about once every 160 puzzles.
Related Clues
Casing
Excoriate
Flay
Fleece
Flesh
Flimflam
Hide
Integument
Peel
Scrape
Body protector
Body wrapper
"Canvas" for tattoos
Certain flick
Defraud, slangily
Dermatologist's study
Do out of
Fauna wrapper
Injure, as the knee
Kind of flint
The ___ of one's teeth
Partner of bones
Potato part
Red or buck
Scrape, as a knee
Scrape, as the knee
Pig or sheep follower
Proverbial tooth part
Tattoo artist's "canvas"
Where pores are
Word with deep or dive
Hide but not hair
It may be fair
It's got you covered
Second word in a Wilder title
Word before deep or dive
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"