Goal to shoot for Crossword Clue

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Goal to shoot for Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced
2. (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course
(verb)
1. make a score (on a hole) equal to par

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

GOAL (noun)
1. the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
2. the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
SHOOT (verb)
1. make a film or photograph of something
2. force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
SHOOT (noun)
1. a new branch
2. the act of shooting at targets

Hint 3: Anagram

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RAP

More NYT Crossword (9/18/2025) Answers

Across

1. Customizable, all-in-one internet digest

8. Shoots for the stars

15. Game played on an 8x8 board

16. "Thumbs down from me"

17. Meditation chant, in a sense

18. Sought after

19. Variety of bark?

20. Something you might change on a bed

22. ___ Ulrich, Metallica drummer

23. Gave a sneak preview of

25. Tennis do-over, in a way

27. Counterparts of countesses in British peerage

28. Equine hybrid

29. One in Bonn

30. Sch. with a satellite campus in Calexico

31. Terse reply to "Why?"

32. Thingum

34. Superman portrayer Christopher, in so many words

37. Heart-pumping stuff?

41. ___ Kong

45. Steeplechase unit

46. Bar from the bank?

48. Borderer of the Indian state of Sikkim

49. Passport or driver's license, in a manner of speaking

51. Who wrote "Existentialism Is a Humanism," 1945

52. First person

53. Spread some dirt

55. Gershwin brother

56. Muscle car whose name evokes a U.S. road trip

58. Action star Jet, in a nutshell

60. "Don't worry about the check"

61. Close contemporary

62. O-O and O-O-O, in chess notation

63. Like some shoes at a cobbler's

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Down

1. Takes turns

2. One might say "Big savings all week!"

3. Rosh Hashana horns

4. Like some nouns: Abbr.

5. Gets away from

6. Nickname for the medieval Spanish knight Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar

7. Mideast capital

8. Victorious military underdog in the Bible

9. Sports bet based on total points scored

10. Sister of Helios, in Greek myth

11. Barrier to entry, perhaps

12. Chewed (out)

13. Slothfulness

14. Fortuitous gift

21. Holdings of winnings

24. Curved lines on sheet music

26. France's third-largest city, after Paris and Marseille

28. Quality to which a unique six-character code is assigned, in graphic design

31. Arcade staple with a joystick

33. Multiple-choice catchall

35. Inside of

36. Large chemical container

37. Credit cards, so to speak

38. Constellation whose name is Latin for "lizard"

39. U.S. History or Calculus BC, e.g.

42. Kind of illusion

43. Do some storytelling

44. Ascertained bit by bit

47. Garden guardians

48. Italy's third-largest city, after Rome and Milan

50. Words before a contingency plan

51. Invader's tactic

54. Play-fight

57. Its youngest host was a 7-year-old Drew Barrymore in '82

59. If u ask me

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