Answer:

stab

Answer	Crossword Clue
STAB	Attempt
STAB	Pierce
STAB	Spear

STAB	Wild guess
STAB	Brief attempt
STAB	Grab with a fork
STAB	Make a try at
STAB	Try
STAB	Poke with a pick
STAB	Stick with a shiv, say
STAB	Put a straw into, as a Capri Sun bag

STAB	Rough guess
STAB	Use a dirk
STAB	Pang, as of conscience
STAB	Blind guess
STAB	Puncture with a prong
STAB	Run through
STAB	Use a poniard
STAB	Make the cut?

STAB	Bayonet
STAB	Use a shiv
STAB	Shot in the dark
STAB	Guess
STAB	Guesstimate
STAB	It may be wild
STAB	Pang
STAB	Shot

STAB	Use a skewer
STAB	One may be made before giving up
STAB	Skewer
STAB	"True friends .. you in the front": Wilde
STAB	Effort
STAB	Crack
STAB	Attack la Brutus
STAB	Desperation guess

STAB	Wild attempt
STAB	Grab with a toothpick
STAB	Knife wound
STAB	Pierce with a point
STAB	Get one's point across?