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Derrick Crossword Clue

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noun

• lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis

• United States writer (1871-1900)

• large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world

• United States poet (1899-1932)

• a small constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Phoenix

verb

• stretch (the neck) so as to see better

90%9 Mechanical device
noun

• equipment designed to serve a specific function

• (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function

90%4 Elevator
noun

• the act of giving temporary assistance

• the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity

• the event of something being raised upward

• a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

• a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill

• a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg

• one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot

• lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building

• plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised

• transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)

• a ride in a car

• the act of raising something

verb

• raise from a lower to a higher position

• take hold of something and move it to a different location

• move upwards

• move upward

• make audible

• cancel officially

• make off with belongings of others

• raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

• invigorate or heighten

• raise in rank or condition

• take off or away by decreasing

• rise up

• pay off (a mortgage)

• take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property

• take illegally

• fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means

• take (root crops) out of the ground

• call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs

• rise upward, as from pressure or moisture

• put an end to

• remove (hair) by scalping

• remove from a seedbed or from a nursery

• remove from a surface

• perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face

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Clue Last Found In...

Source #Number Answer
New York Times03 Feb 1988 Across 68
New York Times02 Nov 1985 Across 41
New York Times29 May 1985 Down 27
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