Crossword Clue:

to mark with pits

Answer	Crossword Clue
SEMICOLONIZED	Word that could mean "sparsely filled with settlers" or "added a certain punctuation mark to"
RENO	City with many pits
THE	Word with "end" or "pits"

BBQS	Things associated with pits and spits, briefly
STRIATE	Mark with grooves
HATCH	Mark with shading
STIPPLE	Mark with dots
BESPOT	Mark with dots.
STRIATE	Mark with grooves.
SCORE	Mark with stripes
RIB	Mark with ridges.

STAKEOUT	Mark with pegs.
MOTTLE	Mark with spots
DAPPLE	Mark with spots.
ETCH	Mark with acid
NOTATE	Mark with symbols.
SEAR	Mark with heat
RULE	Mark with lines
CALIBRATE	Mark with graduations

DAPPLE	Mark with spots
STRIATE	Mark with bands
SCORE	Mark with notches
MOTTLE	Mark with blotches
INSCRIBE	Mark with a seal
MOTTLE	Mark with multicolored spots
STET	Mark with subscript dots
NOTCH	Mark with a cut

STRIATE	Mark with minute grooves
TWAIN	Mark with a mustache
SPEC	Mark with measurements, maybe
DOGEAR	Mark with a fold
BRAND	Mark with an iron
SCORCH	Mark with an iron
CLEOPATRASNEEDLE	What Mark got stuck with?
YAHOO	Logo with an exclamation mark

SIGN	Mark with an X, perhaps
TIME	Word with make or mark
NCIS	"JAG" spinoff with Mark Harmon
EAR	Word with mark or king
EAR	Word with "muff" or "mark"