Skewer Crossword Clue

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Skewer Crossword Answer

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IMPALE

(6 letters)

SPIT

(4 letters)

STAB

(4 letters)

BROCHETTE

(9 letters)

ROAST

(5 letters)

PIERCE

(6 letters)

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
2. a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
(verb)
1. thrust up like a spear
2. pierce with a spear

Hint 2: Clue Definition

SKEWER (verb)
1. drive a skewer through
SKEWER (noun)
1. a long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

IMPALE
(6 letters)
SPIT
(4 letters)
STAB
(4 letters)
BROCHETTE
(9 letters)
ROAST
(5 letters)
PIERCE
(6 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
APERS

More New Yorker Crossword (2/4/2026) Answers

Across

1. Strut flamboyantly

7. Merriment

12. Go bananas

13. Frozen treat at 7-Eleven

15. Driving forces

16. Theme-park attraction that often ends with a splash

17. Takes home from a rescue shelter, say

18. Cozy family rooms

19. ___ it on the line

20. Give a darn

21. Clean, as a slate

22. Unaccompanied

23. Advantage of being early

26. On-call employee’s device

27. Opposite of starboard

28. Safe and sound

29. Pinocchio’s pint-size moral guide

33. Royal residence

34. Goose’s sound

35. Unaccompanied

36. Extremely unimpressive, slangily

41. Review such as 30-Down

42. Go sky-high

43. Ticket remnant

44. Primate without a tail

45. Per item

46. Soak up

48. Inferred based on logical reasoning

50. Two or three

51. Mystifying riddles

52. Hauled

53. Survey option akin to “none of the above”

54. Idiom for musical ineptitude

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Down

1. Ice-cream dish that might be topped with a cherry

2. Wool from a rabbit

3. Snatched

4. Just a bit, as of color

5. Hoppy pub drinks

6. N.F.L. distances

7. Exact duplicate

8. What the “O”s stand for in XOXO

9. Mess up

10. Closing chapter

11. Warning of imminent danger

12. ___ for the stars

13. Snoozed

14. Melancholy mate of Pooh and Roo

18. Not just inexpensive

21. Suspicious (of)

22. Big burlap bag, e.g.

24. Seasoning such as cinnamon

25. Voice or muscle quality

26. Quick little kisses

28. Place to wash dishes

29. Pepper sometimes made into poppers

30. “That was awesome!”

31. Lions' locks

32. Lion's sound

33. Event with floats, often

36. “Into the ___” (Stephen Sondheim musical)

37. “Everything is in order, I ___ you”

38. Dream state

39. Ringlet maker

40. Drew back, as the tide

45. Supplier of Wile E. Coyote’s gadgets

46. Berry from a Brazilian palm tree

47. "I wasn't ___ yesterday"

49. “This is the worst” utterance

50. Play a part, or part of a play

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