Answer: pinches

AnswerCrossword Clue
PINCHESRips off
PINCHESSteals, slangily
PINCHESTests the fruit
PINCHESNips
PINCHESRecipe amounts
PINCHESInexact recipe amounts
pinches(of a shoe) Hurt (a foot) by being too tight
pinchesSteal
pinchesCompress (the lips), esp. with worry or tension
pinchesPINCH, to squeeze between two surfaces
pinchesGrip (the skin of someone's body) tightly and sharply between finger and thumb
pinchesRemove (a bud, leaves, etc.) to encourage bushy growth
pinchesSail (a boat) so close to the wind that the sails begin to lose power
pinchesGrip the skin of a part of the body of (someone) in such a way
pinchesArrest (someone)
pinchesLive in a frugal way