Stonewall
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

4 letters

RUIN
Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined

FOIL
A light slender flexible sword tipped by a button

BALK
An illegal pitching motion while runners are on base

DASH
A quick run

DEFY
Resist or confront with resistance; "The politician defied public opinion"; "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"; "The bridge held"

DISH
An activity that you like or at which you are superior; "chemistry is not my cup of tea"; "his bag now is learning to play golf"; "marriage was scarcely his dish"

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UPSET
An improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"

SPIKE
Sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes; "spikes provide greater traction"

SPOIL
Treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"

STUMP
Remove tree stumps from; "stump a field"

CROSS
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

ELUDE
Escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"

EVADE
Escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"

FENCE
A barrier that serves to enclose an area

BRAVE
People who are brave; "the home of the free and the brave"

BLAST
A very long fly ball

BLAUK

STALL
Deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling"

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STYMIE
A thwarting and distressing situation

THWART
A crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat

SCOTCH
Of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language; "Scots Gaelic"; "the Scots community in New York"; "`Scottish' tends to be the more formal term as in `The Scottish Symphony' or `Scottish authors' or `Scottish mountains'"; "`Scotch' is in disfavor with Scottish people and is used primarily outside Scotland except in such frozen phrases as `Scotch broth' or `Scotch whiskey' or `Scotch plaid'"

BAFFLE
A flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy

DEFEAT
The feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals

OUTWIT
Beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"

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COUNTER
A return punch (especially by a boxer)

PERPLEX
Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

OUTPLAY
Excel or defeat in a game; "The Knicks outplayed the Lakers"

NONPLUS
Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

DECEIVE
Be false to; be dishonest with

DISRUPT
Make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"

DESTROY
Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"

FLUMMOX
Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

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SABOTAGE
A deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged

OUTSMART
Beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"

OUTREACH
The act of reaching out; "the outreach toward truth of the human spirit"

OUTGUESS
Attempt to anticipate or predict

OUTFLANK
Go around the flank of (an opposing army)

GETROUND

CONFRONT
Deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"

CONFOUND
Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"

STALLOFF

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GETAROUND
Be released or become known; of news; "News of her death broke in the morning"

FRUSTRATE
Treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"

OUTFIGURE

DISCOMFIT
Cause to lose one's composure

CHECKMATE
A chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king

CHALLENGE
A demand by a sentry for a password or identification

OVERREACH
Beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"

VICTIMISE
Punish unjustly

VICTIMIZE
Punish unjustly

STONEWALL
Obstruct or hinder any discussion; "Nixon stonewalled the Watergate investigation"; "When she doesn't like to face a problem, she simply stonewalls"

10 letters

COUTFIGURE

OUTGENERAL
Surpass in generalship

DISCONCERT
Cause to lose one's composure

COUNTERACT
Act in opposition to

CIRCUMVENT
Beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"

CONTRAVENE
Deny the truth of

11 letters

PASSTHEBUCK

GOONEBETTER

GIVETHESLIP

OUTMANEUVER
Defeat by more skillful maneuvering; "The English troops outmaneuvered the Germans"; "My new supervisor knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations"

COUNTERMAND
A contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command

COUNTERWORK

12 letters

PULLAFASTONE

13 letters

STANDINTHEWAY

KNOCKTHECHOKS

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GETTHEBETTEROF
Win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"

DISCOUNTENANCE
Show disapproval by discouraging; "any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced"

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GIVETHERUNAROUND