Run-down Crossword Clue

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Run-down Crossword Answer

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SLUR

(4 letters)

SEEDY

(5 letters)

RATTY

(5 letters)

TIRE

(4 letters)

DEFAME

(6 letters)

SHABBY

(6 letters)

CHASE

(5 letters)

DENIGRATE

(9 letters)

DECRY

(5 letters)

DIS

(3 letters)

Helpful Hints

(adjective)
1. lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
2. worn and broken down by hard use

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

RUN-DOWN (adjective)
1. worn and broken down by hard use
2. having the spring unwound
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

SLUR
(4 letters)
SEEDY
(5 letters)
RATTY
(5 letters)
TIRE
(4 letters)
DEFAME
(6 letters)
SHABBY
(6 letters)
CHASE
(5 letters)
DENIGRATE
(9 letters)
DECRY
(5 letters)
DIS
(3 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
DEPICTER

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Down

1. Dirt

2. Dalai ___

3. Partially closed

4. Slump

5. Bundle of grain

6. Turnpike structure

7. Bassoon's kin

8. Explosive

9. Paint

10. ___ vera

11. Native

12. Honest!

13. Depend

22. Like some magazines

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28. Bellowing

29. Thingamajig

30. College paper

32. Astronaut Ride

34. Of the city

35. Call up

36. Nut cake

40. 'Look!'

43. Makeup item?

46. Maker of riding gear

53. Halt

55. Tantalize

56. Glut

57. Lock

58. Parched

59. Overdue

61. Unaltered

62. Journey

63. Formerly

64. Encounter

68. Fall back

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