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Blade In The Pen Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is SHIV which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: SHIV

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199%4Exact Match!
228%6 Using a fountain pen or ballpoint pen for writing
328%10 Ink pen with a hollow pen point

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "SHIV" which means:

    noun
  • • A knife used as a weapon
  • verb
  • • To stab someone with a shiv.
  • • (by extension) to stab someone with anything not normally used as a stabbing weapon.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "He was attacked in the prison yard and stabbed with a shiv."
  • • "The inmate crafted a shiv from a sharpened toothbrush."

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