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Sharp Pain Inflicted By Ex Policeman Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "STING" which means:
- noun
- • A kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
- • A mental pain or distress
- • A painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
- • A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- • Operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act verb
- • Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- • Deliver a sting to
- • Saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
- • Cause a stinging pain
- • Cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
An example sentence would be:
- • "The bee's sting caused a red, painful bump."
- • "I felt a sharp sting when i accidentally touched the cactus spine."
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The Guardian Quiptic27 Jan 2003 | Across 23 | |
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1 | A hurt inflicted by an ant, bee, jellyfish, nettle, wasp etc; by extension, pain caused by wounding words; or, the point of an epigram
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10 Jun 2023 | Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 10 Jun 2023 |
2 | An injury inflicted by a venomous fork-tongued serpent; or, a drink of cider and lager in equal measures
Telegraph Herculis -
02 Oct 2023 | Telegraph Herculis / 02 Oct 2023 |
3 | Inflicted pain on foreign tutor of socialist persuasion
The Guardian Quiptic -
05 Dec 2005 | The Guardian Quiptic / 05 Dec 2005 |
4 | Nickname for a British policeman | |
5 | Pain inflicted by a small winged insect
The Guardian Quick -
02 Mar 2021 | The Guardian Quick / 02 Mar 2021 |
6 | Self-inflicted ritual death of a samurai
New York Times -
07 Jul 2019 | New York Times / 07 Jul 2019 |
7 | Synonymous with 'policeman' |