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noun • an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt verb • shoot beyond or over (a target) • aim too high | ||||
| 41% | 4 | French equivalent of the English “high” and Latin “altus”, thus prefixed to “boy”, “goût”, “monde”, “pas” and “ton”, to mean high wood, high taste, high society/world, high step and high fashion respectively | ||
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| 29% | 7 | A shot in basketball that is made by bouncing the ball off the backboard and into the net | ||
noun • an electronic device that doubles the voltage or the frequency of an input signal | ||||
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OVERSHOOTS which was last seen in the New York Times NYT crossword.
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OVERSHOOTS
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