Answer to "Ham-fisted writers" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word HACKS which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2008.

Ham-fisted writers crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
HACKS	100 %	5

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ham-fisted writers

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

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• pawer
• over
• pound
• hand
• handing
• hit
• pounded
• score
• scrap
• hero
• mean

Crossword Answer definitions

HACKS noun

1. A tool for chopping.
2. A hacking blow.
3. A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
4. A dry cough.
5. A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
6. A try, an attempt.
7. The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
8. A mattock or a miner's pickaxe.
9. An expedient, temporary solution, such as a small patch or change to code, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date.
10. An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
11. A trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
12. An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network.
13. A video game or any computer software that has been altered from its original state.
14. Time check.
15. A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter.
16. A kick on the shins in football.
17. Confinement of an officer to their stateroom as a punishment.

HACKS verb

1. To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
2. To cough noisily.
3. To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
4. To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.
5. To accomplish a difficult programming task.
6. To work with something on an intimately technical level.
7. (by extension) To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
8. To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code.
9. (by extension) To gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).
10. To strike an opponent's leg with one's hockey stick.
11. To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.
12. To swing at a pitched ball.
13. (soccer and rugby) To kick (a player) on the shins.
14. To strike in a frantic movement.
15. To strike lightly as part of tapotement massage.

HACKS noun

1. A board which the falcon's food is placed on; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.
2. A food-rack for cattle.
3. A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.
4. A grating in a mill race.

HACKS verb

1. To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
2. To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.

HACKS noun

1. A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired.
2. A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work.
3. Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.
4. A taxicab (hackney cab) driver.
5. A vehicle let for hire; originally, a hackney coach, now typically a taxicab.
6. A hearse.
7. (authorship) An untalented writer.
8. One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
9. A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
10. A political agitator. (slightly derogatory)
11. A writer who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.
12. A procuress.

HACKS verb

1. To make common or cliched; to vulgarise.
2. To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
3. To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.
4. To live the life of a drudge or hack.
5. To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
6. To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.

HACKS noun

1. A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.

HACKS verb

1. To play hackeysack.

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