Shoot down Crossword Clue

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NIX

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(noun)
1. a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
2. whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still
(verb)
1. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
2. make a small cut or score into
(adjective)
1. avoiding waste
2. of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

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
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: Other Answers Used in the Past

NIX
(3 letters)

More Newsday Crossword (6/28/2025) Answers

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16. Sound advice for sailors

18. Intersperses

19. Quite salty, perhaps

20. Blameworthy quality

22. Agrees to work with

24. Fan base

25. Puts in place

26. Fantastic sight

29. Metaphorical goal

31. Hybrid beachwear

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36. As in a lab

38. Au __ de (on behalf of)

39. Group with celebrity bloggers

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45. Reflexive outburst

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49. Pull up

51. Aim to soften, perhaps

54. Emphasize, say

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Down

1. Rolls-Royce customer for 100+ yrs.

2. Legalese "all the more"

3. Tern term

4. Sleep inducers

5. Not following any order

6. Directional prefix

7. Steward

8. Squeak (by)

9. Worst Actress of the Century Razzie candidate

10. __ eterno (passionate pledge)

11. "Low" language

12. Redi- relative

14. Grandma Moses, for instance

17. Come to

21. Legendary flier

23. Fairly friendly

25. Carb source

27. Cost

28. __ des arts (Parisian patrons)

30. Paneling fastener

32. Where Elvis was before G.I. Blues

33. Lopsided

34. View lead-in

37. Name found in the alphabet

40. With fire

42. Reindeer of rhyme

44. Bit of Thanksgiving decor

46. Range rover?

47. Nonskid mat material

48. It might come before business

50. Protection and support

52. Put over

53. Stop for Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited

57. [or occasionally]

58. This is it!

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