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We've checked our database and believe the answer is BENDS which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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97%5Exact Match!
noun

• pain resulting from rapid change in pressure

75%6Exact Match!
verb

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

• turn away or aside

75%7Exact Match!
verb

• turn aside; turn away from

• send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one

• occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion

• withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions

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New York Times28 Jan 1982 Across 47
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