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Encumber Crossword Clue

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

• a painful and involuntary muscular contraction

• a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued

• a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together

verb

• secure with a cramp

• prevent the progress or free movement of

• affect with or as if with a cramp

• suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle

96%6Exact Match!
noun

• a seat for the rider of a horse or other animal

• a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)

• cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins

• a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe

• a seat for the rider of a bicycle

• posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl

verb

• put a saddle on

• load or burden; encumber

• impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to

95%4Exact Match!
noun

• footwear usually with wooden soles

• any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction

• a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps

verb

• become or cause to become obstructed

• dance a clog dance

• impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden

• impede with a clog or as if with a clog

• coalesce or unite in a mass

• fill to excess so that function is impaired

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Clue Last Found In...

Source #Number Answer
New York Times29 May 1994 Across 18
New York Times04 Apr 1993 Down 122
New York Times16 Feb 1986 Across 42
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