Answer: RIPS
RIPS is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 110 times.
Referring Clues:
- Tears
 - Laces (into)
 - Home run swings
 - Saws with the grain
 - Manhandles
 - Places for patches
 - Castigates
 - Slangy insults
 - They may be put in stitches
 - Lights (into)
 - Steals, with "off"
 - Criticizes harshly
 - Criticizes in no uncertain terms
 - ___ into (criticizes vehemently)
 - Dangerous currents
 - Damages, as a book
 - Opens, as a sugar packet
 - Splits open
 - Tears roughly
 - Chews out, with "into"
 - Tears to shreds
 - Saws along the grain
 - Tatters
 - Cuts with the grain
 - Attacks, with "into"
 - Stretches of rough water
 - Turbulent waters
 - Knocks (off)
 - Shreds
 - Fabric flaws
 - Criticizes
 - Rushes
 - Tears into
 - Tears apart
 - Splits sans scissors
 - Pants problems
 - Severely criticizes
 - Rends
 - Slashes
 - Jeans mishaps
 - Puts asunder
 - Slams
 - Tough currents
 - Wardrobe malfunctions
 - Features of some jeans
 - Rents
 - Clothes woes
 - ___ into (attacks)
 - Frauds
 - Sartorial woes
 - Patch targets
 - Jobs for tailors
 - Tears up
 - Attacks verbally (with "into")
 - Prepares for burning, perhaps
 - Well-worn jeans may have some
 - Cuts, as a fart
 - Forgoes the scissors
 - Copies from CD to PC
 - Reduces to tatters
 - Makes cool, in a way, as jeans
 - Taylor and Torn
 - Seam mishaps
 - Splits
 - What patches repair
 - Worn-out horses
 - ___ off (cheats)
 - Turbulent currents
 - Tears violently
 - Clothing mishaps
 - Tears (up)
 - Tears inelegantly
 - Upholstery problems
 - Cuts along the grain
 - Lacerations
 - Tights mishaps
 - Hightails it
 - Speaks ill of
 - Common sights at pants knees
 - Vituperates, with "into"
 - Insults unmercifully, with "into"
 - Lambastes
 - Criticizes, informally
 - Criticizes savagely
 - Material flaws
 - Features of some trendy jeans
 - Cheats, with "off"
 - Lays into
 - Bad things for astronaut suits to have
 - Features of trendy jeans
 - Features of distressed jeans
 - Lambastes verbally
 - Jeans tears
 - What some jeans are sold with
 - Rushes, resounds, or rents
 - Tears in paper
 - Undesirable or desirable jeans features
 - Copies, as from a CD
 - Turns to tatters
 - Some jeans features
 - Distressed jeans have many
 - Tears into shreds
 - Scams, with "off"
 - Sewing targets
 - Fabric tears
 - Disparages
 - Harshly criticizes
 - Copies, as from a disc
 - Aesthetic features of some jeans
 - Criticizes viciously
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - August 22, 2025
 - New York Times - July 04, 2025
 - New York Times - June 15, 2025
 - LA Times - April 08, 2025
 - New York Times - September 20, 2024
 - LA Times - May 16, 2024
 - New York Times - April 22, 2024
 - USA Today - February 08, 2024
 - New York Times - October 03, 2023
 - USA Today - August 16, 2023
 - LA Times - July 02, 2023
 - USA Today - March 01, 2023
 - USA Today - February 16, 2023
 - LA Times - February 10, 2023
 - LA Times - November 26, 2022
 - USA Today - May 17, 2022
 - USA Today - April 21, 2022
 - New York Times - July 14, 2021
 - USA Today - June 22, 2021
 - New York Times - April 17, 2021
 
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