1996 action film in which destroyers descend from the sky Crossword Clue

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1996 action film in which destroyers descend from the sky Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts
2. a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

DESCEND (verb)
1. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
2. come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
ACTION (noun)
1. a military engagement
2. a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
ACTION (verb)
1. institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
2. put in effect

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More New Yorker Crossword (6/9/2025) Answers

Across

1. Suspected suspensions, online

11. Surname that comes from a Turkish honorific

15. Hammerlike athletic equipment

16. Winged diver

17. Trade trainee

18. Something catchy?

19. Cobbles, in a way

20. Chemicals produced in the liver

22. Netflix co-C.E.O. Sarandos

23. With force

24. Spectacle

27. Who knows where, briefly

28. Acrobat creations

29. “V for Vendetta” heroine Hammond

30. Bowlful whose “mock” form was served at Lincoln’s first inaugural luncheon

33. Cheer-practice necessity

34. Texas rockers ___ Lonely Boys

35. Quaint agreement

36. Narrow inlet

37. Multicooker brand

40. Steel City univ.

41. Used one

42. Chinese bun

43. Mythological trio

44. Random values in statistics

46. Martian day

47. It’s getting away!

48. Member of Tolkien’s Fellowship

52. Cheongsam cut

53. Smart

55. Hold a position, say

56. “Go ahead, give me your worst”

57. Express

58. Paper pushers?

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Down

1. Box in a controlled setting

2. Dream

3. “Where the walls of snow and rock rose impenetrable,” in D. H. Lawrence’s “Women in Love”

4. Research device in 38-Down whose name is an apt cinematic reference

5. ___ Pan

6. Fell off

7. Some deli offerings

8. 2001 sports bio-pic starring Will Smith

9. Decoration that may be controversial in business settings

10. Guide

11. Nuts in ajo blanco

12. Trying

13. One might be Presidential

14. Full of nervous energy

21. Imbibes, in old slang

23. Title for Lewis Hamilton

24. Big rig

25. Russian physiologist known for his theories of behavioral conditioning

26. Is rewarded, perhaps

27. “Lucky you”

30. Carload

31. Wasted

32. Light touches

34. Hawaiian veranda

39. ___ de deux

40. Lummox

43. Band with the 1975 song “Slow Ride”

44. Scooter seen in "Roman Holiday"

45. Bring to the shop

46. They might emerge from fundamental differences

48. See-through piece

49. Legal claim

50. The alien’s blood in “Alien,” for example

51. Gym groupings

54. Horror franchise since 2004

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