1) Impale 2) Pam Lee Pierce 3) Pierce 4) Run through with a skewer 5) Spear 6) Spike 7) Thrust 8) To make pale 9) Transfix Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/empale
• (v. t.) To make pale. • (v. t.) To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body. • (v. t.) Same as Impale. • (v. t.) To inclose; to surround. See Impale. • (v. t.) To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes for defense; to impale. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/empale/
Em·pale' transitive verb [ Prefix em- (L. in ) + pale : confer Old French empalir .] To make pale. [ Obsolete] « No bloodless malady empales their face.» G. Fletcher. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/30