Answer: scooped

AnswerCrossword Clue
SCOOPEDBeat other reporters
scoopedsmall deep shovel for food
scoopedthe bucket of a steam shovel
scoopedto publish news before (one's rivals)
scoopednews published by one newspaper before its rivals
scoopedSCOOP, to lift with a spoonlike utensil
scoopedthe act of scooping
scoopedto take up with a scoop
scoopedthe quantity taken up
SCOOPEDBeat, journalistically
SCOOPEDServed, as ice cream
SCOOPEDWas first to publish
SCOOPEDHollowed out.
SCOOPEDDug out, with a shovel.
SCOOPEDPrepared a cone
SCOOPEDDid a soda jerk's task
SCOOPEDBeat to the story
SCOOPEDGot the story first
SCOOPEDDished out, as ice cream