| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| ENDURE | Make it through a difficult period |
| TIDEDOVER | Helped, as through a difficult period |
| tide | to help to get through a difficult period |
| swish | make (a basketball shot) so that the ball falls through the rim without touching it swished a 3-point jumper |
| swisher | make (a basketball shot) so that the ball falls through the rim without touching it swished a 3-point jumper |
| stylet | a. probe b. wire run through the length of a catheter, cannula, or needle to make it rigid or to clear it |
| girdling | Cut through the bark all the way around (a tree or branch), typically in order to kill it or to kill a branch to make the tree more fruitful |
