*Some shooting stars? Crossword Clue

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*Some shooting stars? Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definition

SHOOTING (noun)
1. the act of firing a projectile
2. killing someone by gunfire

More WSJ Crossword (2/18/2025) Answers

Across

1. Burden

5. Deep chasm

10. Goggle

14. Time to give up?

15. Big Island “bye-bye!”

16. Dark purple berry added to smoothies

17. *Cultural response to World War I

20. Bit of expert advice

21. It’ll make your hairs curl

22. Dogpatch fellow

28. Strong alkaline solution

29. Cranks up the volume

31. Apple device platform

32. Domain

33. “Death ___ Proud” (Donne sonnet)

35. *Harmless arachnid

39. Wrappers for gyros

40. Best possible

41. Card game whose name gets shouted

42. Couple who “licked the platter clean”

44. Pacifying incentive

47. *Stick-y treats for hot days

50. Tropical mammal with a flexible snout

52. Mystique

53. Supermodel Bündchen

54. Washington, Adams and Jefferson, and a hint to the starred answers

59. Furniture collection?

60. Growth during No-Shave November

61. Clean up, in a way

62. Length times width, for a rectangle

63. Cultural values

64. Scuttled, as a mission

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Down

1. Childhood friend, perhaps

2. Within shouting distance

3. Ruined

4. Washington, e.g.

5. Group turning 67 in 2025

6. Sandwich named for its main ingredients

7. ___ Kippur

8. Quaint emporium

9. Word processing command

10. Type of brain wave associated with memory

11. Crush, as an exam

12. Pale

13. Crafter’s purchase

18. Glamping options

19. Mess up

23. Feeling of gloom

24. Free-standing closet

25. Bit of spiciness

26. Sites of some moats

27. Novel ending?

30. Place, as a bet

32. Nutrition fig.

33. 'Rats!'

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35. Shape for a nugget, sometimes

36. On

37. Docs often signed before starting a new job

38. Obtain

39. Lightweight boxer?

42. Historical record keeper

43. Mercury or Mars

44. Seller of Fastskin swimwear

45. Drilling structure

46. Magician's exclamation

48. Elf promoter?

49. Pill alternative

51. Pale

53. Traipses (about)

54. Medicine-approving org.

55. "Be ___ Guest" ("Beauty and the Beast" song)

56. Purpose

57. Frustrated utterance

58. Partner of to

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