Answer:

stabs

Answer	Crossword Clue
STABS	Attempts
STABS	Piercing pains
STABS	Pokes at

STABS	Wounds
STABS	Tries
STABS	Makes a wild guess
STABS	Wild guesses
STABS	Sharp pains
STABS	Attacks with a knife
STABS	Guesses
STABS	Runs through

STABS	Sharp sensations
STABS	Pierces
STABS	Uses a knife
STABS	Pierces with a fork, e.g.
STABS	Pierces with a point
STABS	Shots in the dark
STABS	Sticks a fork into
STABS	Uses a fork, perhaps

STABS	Shoves a shiv into
STABS	Guesstimates
STABS	Wounds with a dagger
STABS	Gets one's point across?
STABS	Sticks
STABS	They may be taken on "Jeopardy!"
STABS	Tries to pick up, maybe
STABS	Picks up with a fork

STABS	Tentative efforts
STABS	Sticks a knife into
STABS	Wounds.
STABS	What Tybalt does to Mercutio.
STABS	Pierces.
STABS	Knifes.
STABS	Rough guesses: Colloq.
STABS	Gores.

STABS	Jabs sharply.
STABS	Laertes does this.
STABS	Poniards.
STABS	Attempts: Colloq.
STABS	Jerky strokes, in sports.

Crossword

a puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to clues.