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noun • a painful and involuntary muscular contraction • (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel) | ||||||||
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noun • a local and habitual twitching especially in the face | ||||||||
| 90% | 11 | Reduction in size or volume | ||||||
noun • an increase in the density of something • the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together • encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required • applying pressure | ||||||||
Contraction Crossword Clue
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SPASM which was last seen in the Telegraph Cross Atlantic crossword.
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SPASM
Updated: October 12, 2023
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| Telegraph Cross Atlantic12 Feb 2023 | Across 70 | |
| New York Times11 Jul 2003 | Down 6 | |
| New York Times22 Apr 1987 | Across 5 | |
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