The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ROASTS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Does a takedown of crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ROASTS | 100 % | 6 |
Why may ROASTS be the right solution?
The answer "ROASTS" fits because in the context of the clue "Does a takedown of," to "roast" someone means to humorously mock or criticize them in a playful or teasing manner.
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Crossword Answer definitions
ROASTS noun- A cut of meat suited to roasting
- A meal consisting of roast foods.
- The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.
- A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
- To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
- To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
- To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat
- To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
- To admonish someone vigorously
- To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.
- To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.
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