Take potshots (at) Crossword Clue

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Take potshots (at) Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. aim and shoot with great precision
2. attack in speech or writing
(noun)
1. a gunshot from a concealed location
2. Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks

Hint 2: Clue Definition

TAKE (noun)
1. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
2. the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
TAKE (verb)
1. be capable of holding or containing
2. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

Hint 3: Anagram

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PEINS

More Newsday Crossword (1/27/2026) Answers

Across

1. ___ Allan Poe

6. Rooster or ram

10. Without any guarantee

14. Get very angry

15. Pants-pressing appliance

16. Hoofbeat sound

17. "Just like me"

18. Julius Caesar garment

19. Ballet skirt

20. Midwest's "The Motor City"

23. NFL six-pointers

24. Prefix meaning 'against'

25. "So long!"

28. Yale student

30. Post office purchases

35. With 46-Across, Southwest's "The Atomic City"

39. Extra car tire

40. Compel to leave

41. Odometer reading

43. Door to leave through

44. Muscle spasm

46. See 35-Across

48. Enters, as a password

50. Table tennis barrier

51. Guys

52. Harbor boats

55. __ Vegas, NV

57. Midwest's "The Windy City"

65. Went by car or bus

66. Wise mentor

67. Singer Ronstadt

68. Prayer-ending word

69. Adam's first residence

70. Florida Disney theme park

71. What vegans don't eat

72. Zesty flavor

73. Fishing line holders

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Down

1. Old-fashioned 'Oh my!'

2. Medicine portion

3. Walking pace

4. Take __ (disassemble)

5. Makeover, as a kitchen

6. Catcher's glove

7. Pleasant scent

8. Gain online access

9. Makes into law

10. Beginning of a play

11. Fake coin

12. Slightest trace

13. Twirled

21. Koran reader's faith

22. Count of website visitors

25. Keep from happening

26. __ welcome

27. Newspaper opinion piece

29. Sign me up!

31. Mountaintop

32. Wise adage

33. What something costs

34. Not to be talked out of

36. 24-hr. cash sources

37. Spanish cheer

38. Darned, as a sock

42. Sense that detects scents

45. Bread with a pocket

47. Online merchant

49. Chunk of gold ore

53. Dutch cheese

54. Ambulance signal

57. Study hard

58. Residence

59. Creative notion

60. Fraction of a nickel

61. Organ for breathing

62. ___ upon a time

63. Much-admired celebrity

64. HS seniors' exams

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