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adjective • in or of a state of physical or nervous tension • pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat') • taut or rigid; stretched tight noun • a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time verb • become stretched or tense or taut • increase the tension on • become tense, nervous, or uneasy • cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious | ||||||||
| 24% | 6 | Seers who could see beyond the present | ||||||
noun • cuplike structure around the base of the stalk of certain fungi | ||||||||
| 22% | 8 | (Of a present) present beautifully | ||||||
verb • wrap (a gift) attractively | ||||||||
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TENSE which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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TENSE
Updated: October 14, 2023
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