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As Breath When On Tenterhooks Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is BATED which was last seen in the Telegraph Cross Atlantic crossword.
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199%5Exact Match!
234%7 Stayed on tenterhooks for
334%11 Feeling of being on tenterhooks

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We think the answer is "BATED" which means:

    adjective satellite
  • • Diminished or moderated
  • verb
  • • To reduce the force of something; to abate.
  • • To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation
  • • (sometimes figurative) to cut off, remove, take away.
  • • To leave out, except, bar.
  • • To waste away.
  • • To deprive of.
  • • To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
  • • To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
  • • To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
  • • Of a falcon: to flap the wings vigorously; to bait.
  • • To soak leather so as to remove chemicals used in tanning; to steep in bate.
  • • To masturbate.
  • adjective
  • • Reduced; lowered; restrained

An example sentence would be:

  • • "He waited with bated breath for the final results of the competition."
  • • "The crowd watched the acrobat's bated movements as he performed his dangerous stunts."

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Telegraph Cross Atlantic22 Apr 2024 Across 9
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