The Clue
Three sheets in the wind (9 letter answer)
The Answer
PLASTERED
Tags
Notes
The answer PLASTERED is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 2100 puzzles.
Related Clues
Drunk
Lit
Squiffed
Coated, as a wall
Three sheets to the wind
Definition
PLASTER as a verb:
1. (plaster, beplaster) = cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on; "The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters"; "She let the walls of the apartment be beplastered with stucco"
2. affix conspicuously; "She plastered warnings all over the wall"
3. apply a plaster cast to; "plaster the broken arm"
4. (plaster, plaster over, stick on) = apply a heavy coat to
5. (plaster, daub) = coat with plaster; "daub the wall"
6. (poultice, plaster) = dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
PLASTERED as an adjective:
1. (plastered, slicked) = (of hair) made smooth by applying a sticky or glossy substance; "black hair plastered with pomade"
2. (plastered, sealed) = (of walls) covered with a coat of plaster
3. (besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, potty, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tiddly, tiddley, tight, tipsy, wet) = very drunk