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"Shocking!", to a crossword solver?Masked and Anonymo3UsAnswer key: WELL SHUT MY MOUTH. HOLY BULL SHITE. GET OUTTA TOWN. THERES JUST NO U'S. warning: shocking biter:gruntz Glimmerglass 3:28: thanks for the comment on "hunker down," which makes more sense than what I posted anon. 2:11. Glad to learn something new!I assumed wrongly that any word not in my Funk and Wagnalls 1963 was a new word. I do wonder if the meaning is "evolving. " By your earlier and more precise meaning one would "hunker down" to get over something unpleasant. Thus a team down four touchdowns would "hunker down" and wait for the game to end, so that it could begin to prepare for the more hopeful next game. But I do think the term is now used more for the team ahead.