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Close Up Tight Crossword Clue

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99%4Exact Match!
noun

• fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters

• a member of a Naval Special Warfare unit who is trained for unconventional warfare

• a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents

• the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal

• a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it)

• an indication of approved or superior status

• a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture

• fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure

• any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions

verb

• make tight; secure against leakage

• close with or as if with a seal

• decide irrevocably

• affix a seal to

• cover with varnish

• hunt seals

40%7Tight shot in film
noun

• A photographic (or other) image in which the subject is shown at a relatively large scale, and occupies most or all of the frame

26%5 It helps keep a tight ship tight
noun

• ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)

• heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together

verb

• direct one's attention on something

• fasten with a rivet or rivets

• hold (someone's attention)

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