Use shears Crossword Clue

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Use shears Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
2. sever or remove by pinching or snipping
(noun)
1. a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
2. the act of clipping or snipping

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SHEARS (noun)
1. large scissors with strong blades
USE (noun)
1. exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one’s own advantage
2. (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
USE (verb)
1. use up, consume fully
2. avail oneself to

Hint 3: Anagram

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More Universal Crossword (8/26/2026) Answers

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20. More upset

21. High-fat diet

22. Walk back and forth

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29. Simplicity

30. Witches

31. Some pieces of merch

34. Hummus brand

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38. *Stay strong!

40. Assistance

41. Beast that grew two heads every time it lost one

43. Prophet

44. Like many old albums

45. Abrupt

47. Tic-tac-toe marks

49. Stick with it!

53. Do a good ___

54. Dishonest Person

55. Bothers

59. Bug that goes around in the springtime?

60. Keep at it

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63. Speak to someone on the other side of a room, say

64. Actress Henner of "Taxi"

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66. Operation Overlord date

67. On an incline

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Down

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3. Gucci rival

4. Sticks in

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8. Make very happy

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12. ___ ward

13. Olympic shooting event

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24. Defense org. with a compass rose on its flag

25. Endure

26. Bygone Iranian royal

27. Like beehives

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32. ___ out a living

33. Trying waaay too hard

35. The "R" of P.R.

36. Sticks in

38. Food Network's "Cupcake ___"

39. Major part of astronomy?

42. Regretted

44. Low cost in Barcelona

46. Tipped

48. Take to a higher court

49. Madison Ave. field

50. Inventor of the first commercially successful steel plow

51. Instrument that uses alto clef

52. On time, to some

57. Scrabble piece

58. Certain earring or horse

60. Pink Floyd frontman Barrett

61. Some chess experts, in brief

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