| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| PIERCING | Perforating | |
| PUNCTURE | The act of puncturing; perforating with something pointed. | |
| PERFORATION | The act of perforating, or of boring or piercing through. | |
| TEREBRATING | Boring; perforating; -- applied to molluskas which form holes in rocks, wood, etc. | |
| TREPAN | A crown-saw or cylindrical saw for perforating the skull, turned, when used, like a bit or gimlet. See Trephine. | |
| TEREBRANTIA | A division of Hymenoptera including those which have an ovipositor adapted for perforating plants. It includes the sawflies. | |
| AUGER | An instrument for boring or perforating soils or rocks, for determining the quality of soils, or the nature of the rocks or strata upon which they lie, and for obtaining water. | |
| PUNCH | ... end for different uses, and either solid, for stamping or for perforating holes in metallic plates and other substances, or hollow and sharpedg... | |