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Clenches Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is CLASPS which was last seen in the Telegraph Cross Atlantic crossword.
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97%6Exact Match!
noun

• a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together

• the act of grasping

verb

• hold firmly and tightly

• fasten with or as if with a brooch

• fasten with a buckle or buckles

• grasp firmly

96%5Exact Match!
noun

• the act of grasping

• the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it

• a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes

• the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)

• worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made

• an intellectual hold or understanding

• a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place

verb

• hold fast or firmly

• to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match

• to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe

90%8 Grasps tightly
noun

• a small slip noose made with seizing

• the act of grasping

verb

• hold in a tight grasp

• squeeze together tightly

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Telegraph Cross Atlantic27 Aug 2023 Down 1
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