Breaking down grammatically Crossword Clue

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Breaking down grammatically Crossword Answer

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(adjective)
1. avoiding waste

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

BREAKING (noun)
1. the act of breaking something
DOWN (noun)
1. English physician who first described Down’s syndrome (1828-1896)
2. soft fine feathers
DOWN (adjective)
1. understood perfectly
2. extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
DOWN (adverb)
1. spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
DOWN (verb)
1. eat up completely, as with great appetite
2. cause to come or go down

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
PARINGS

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26. Places in the pecking order

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32. Gear tooth

33. Melber on MSNBC

34. Tight curl

35. ___ Drafthouse (movie theater chain)

38. Big bash

42. Small earrings

43. Elaborate hairstyle

44. Org. with the sculpture "Kryptos" outside its headquarters

45. Lao-___

46. Symbol of obstinacy

47. ___ district, feature of many an urban area

48. Like much movie theater popcorn

52. Not for here

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55. To date

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Down

1. Raincoats, in England

2. Chain restaurant whose name sounds like something a rabbit might say?

3. Important post at the Post

4. Largest city on the Tasman Sea

5. 12 meses

6. Dr. Zhivago's love

7. Go caving

8. Fertile refuge

9. "A Series of Unfortunate Events" villain

10. Missions, in brief

11. Voltaire or Leibniz, religiously speaking

12. One of a pair of mismatched friends on "Sesame Street"

13. Long stories

18. ___ punk (hybrid music genre)

22. Like many romance novels

25. Matching pullover-and-cardigan pairs

27. Food thickener

28. Bit

29. Flower that gets its name from the Greek word for "rainbow"

31. Director Lee

34. No place for fine china

36. Small amount of LSD, e.g.

37. "Sure thing, boss"

39. Native Rwandan

40. "Help wanted" sign?

41. Hefty expense for an R.V. trip

43. Pace

47. Matches (with)

48. They've got you covered

49. Like the feeling of déjà vu

50. Apple or BlackBerry

51. Looking over

53. Out of the ordinary

56. Onetime Kremlin ruler

58. Trick

59. College where 20 prime ministers were educated

61. Fall behind

63. First (and last) two words of "Green Eggs and Ham"

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