It May Be Pressed Down But Not Up Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 14, 2023

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	verb • lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
	34%	7		Can be cold-pressed or expeller-pressed
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	28%	6		It may be pressed down, but not back
	noun • a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes • an electrical switch operated by pressing • any of various plant parts that resemble buttons • a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment • a female sexual organ homologous to the penis • a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism • any artifact that resembles a button • a specific area or icon in graphical user interface systems that is clicked or pressed in order to select a command or perform an action verb • provide with buttons • fasten with buttons

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The Guardian Cryptic04 Apr 2005	Down 22
The Guardian Cryptic04 Apr 2005	Down 22
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	Clue	Source
1	Can be cold-pressed or expeller-pressed
2	If the correct keys are pressed, one may get some notes out of this The Guardian Everyman - 28 Dec 2008	The Guardian Everyman / 28 Dec 2008
3	It may be pressed down, but not back The Guardian Cryptic - 30 Sep 2002	The Guardian Cryptic / 30 Sep 2002
4	Pressed (down) New York Times - 21 Aug 2022	New York Times / 21 Aug 2022
5	Pressed down
6	They may be hard-pressed to work New York Times - 08 Apr 2011	New York Times / 08 Apr 2011
7	Where a suit may be pressed New York Times - 23 May 1999	New York Times / 23 May 1999

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