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Punishment Unit Crossword Clue

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

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RankLettersAnswerClue
199%4Exact Match!
224%8 Extreme physical pain inflicted as punishment or punishment
322%7 Expressed as amount of energy per unit area per unit time per unit frequency

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "LASH" which means:

    noun
  • • Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
  • • Leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
  • • A quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
  • verb
  • • Beat severely with a whip or rod
  • • Lash or flick about sharply
  • • Strike as if by whipping
  • • Bind with a rope, chain, or cord
  • adjective
  • • Remiss, lax.
  • • Relaxed.
  • • Soft, watery, wet.
  • • Excellent, wonderful
  • • Drunk.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "She used a lash to tie the branches together."
  • • "The pirate captain had a long, black lash."

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Clue Last Found In...

Source #Number Answer
New York Times11 Sep 2008 Across 62
New York Times26 Sep 2000 Down 2
New York Times13 Aug 2000 Down 15
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