Crossword Puzzle Put down shingles

Clue: Put down shingles

Puts up shingles (ROOFS with 5 letters)
Quarter-mile uptown/downtown distance in Manhattan, roughly (FIVEBLOCKS with 10 letters)
Puts it in first (SHIFTS with 6 letters)
Puts on the qui vive (ALERTS with 6 letters)
Go downhill fast (e.g. AVALANCHE with 9 letters)
Downy, in Scotland (SAFT with 4 letters)
Puts H2O on (WATERS with 6 letters)
Puts fringes on (EDGES with 5 letters)
Going downhill (WORSE with 5 letters)
Competition with shot putters and hurdlers (MEET with 4 letters)