Second-place finish? Crossword Clue

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SECOND (noun)
1. an indefinitely short time
2. a 60th part of a minute of arc
SECOND (verb)
1. give support or one’s approval to
2. transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment
SECOND (adjective)
1. coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude
2. a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first
SECOND (adverb)
1. in the second place
FINISH (noun)
1. a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)
2. event whose occurrence ends something
FINISH (verb)
1. finish eating all the food on one’s plate or on the table
2. finally be or do something

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