Hunker down Crossword Clue

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Hunker down Crossword Answer

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CROUCH

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(adjective)
1. having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground
2. short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature
(noun)
1. the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels
2. a small worthless amount
(verb)
1. sit on one’s heels
2. be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

HUNKER (verb)
1. sit on one’s heels
DOWN (noun)
1. English physician who first described Down’s syndrome (1828-1896)
2. soft fine feathers
DOWN (adjective)
1. understood perfectly
2. extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
DOWN (adverb)
1. spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
DOWN (verb)
1. eat up completely, as with great appetite
2. cause to come or go down

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

CROUCH
(6 letters)

More Thomas Joseph Crossword (9/25/2026) Answers

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20. Due follower

21. Car quartet

22. Snake sound

23. Pay stub line

24. Frank holder

25. Sty group

27. Small dents

29. Crunch targets

30. Humiliating failures

32. Puts back on the payroll

34. Wish undone

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36. Skip the ceremony

38. Long attack

39. Conclude successfully

40. Mimics

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Down

1. Bits of smoke

2. Find not guilty

3. Sleep aid, of a sort

4. Words before tear or dare

5. Becomes twisted

6. Soothing stuff

7. “Mr. Jones” band

8. Translucent curtains

10. Block border

12. Llama's land

17. Form 1040 org.

19. "— bien!"

22. Attila's men

24. Judicial no-nos

25. Louvre location

26. European peninsula

27. Conk out

28. Enhance, as an engine

30. Lets loose

31. Oozes

33. "Picnic" playwright

37. Pasture

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