Level 1199 Solution

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Solution Grid

1 D
2 B
3 P
4 P
R
E
F
E
R
U
O
E
5 U
N
T
I
L
A
T
I
6 D
O
W
N
7 S
I
Z
E
S
F
C
R
H
U
O
N
L
O
U
T
T
8 R
E
C
O
V
E
R
R

Across

4. PREFER
  • Like better
  • Favor
  • Lean toward
  • Would rather have
  • Like best
5. UNTIL
  • Up to
  • No later than
  • Before
  • Up to the time that
  • As late as
6. DOWNSIZE
  • Reduce the staff
  • Reduce a staff, and make seven squares in this puzzle smaller, in a way
  • Diminish the work force ... or a literal hint to the answers to the four starred clues
  • Engage in layoffs
  • Shrink, in a way
8. RECOVER
  • Get back
  • Get better
  • Bounce back
  • Salvage
  • Convalesce

Down

1. DREADFUL
  • Terrible
  • Dire
  • Very bad
  • Like the audience at a Bob Marley concert?
  • Appalling, awful
2. BUTTERNUT
  • Shade of light brownish-gray
  • Squash variety
  • Tree bearing edible seeds
  • Speak on British fruit tree
  • Long-necked squash type
3. POLISH
  • Buff
  • Refinement
  • Shine
  • Elegance
  • Burnish
7. SCOOTER
  • Two-wheeler
  • Kiddie transport
  • Two-wheeled vehicle
  • Moped's cousin
  • Vespa, famously

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