Pit
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

4 letters

SUMP
A covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it

MINE
Excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted

SEED
The thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

HELL
Noisy and unrestrained mischief; "raising blazes"

MARK
Something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal; "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer"; "scored a bull's eye"; "hit the mark"; "the president's speech was a home run"

POCK
A pustule in an eruptive disease

SCAR
Mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"

HOLE
An opening deliberately made in or through something

5 letters

MATCH
An exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook"

SHAFT
The hollow spine of a feather

CHASM
A deep opening in the earth's surface

STONE
United States architect (1902-1978)

FOSSA
Monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets

6 letters

QUARRY
Animal hunted or caught for food

OPPOSE
Contrast with equal weight or force

CRATER
A faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus

CAVITY
(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body

7 letters

PLAYOFF
Set into opposition or rivalry; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other"

INFERNO
Any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";

PITFALL
An unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty

8 letters

STONEPIT
A surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'"

ENDOCARP
The hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed; "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking"

COALMINE
A mine where coal is dug from the ground

COLLIERY
A workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it

HELLHOLE
Any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";

9 letters

PERDITION
(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnson

10 letters

EXCAVATION
The act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth

11 letters

PEACHCENTER

12 letters

ORCHESTRAPIT
Lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers

NETHERREGION
(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnson

14 letters

INFERNALREGION
(religion) the world of the dead; "No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth"-Theognis