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Firmly Fastened Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is ANCHORED which was last seen in the The Guardian Speedy crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: ANCHORED

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99%8Exact Match!
verb

• To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.

• To cast anchor; to come to anchor.

• To stop; to fix or rest.

• To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.

• To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.

• To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.

adjective

• Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor.

98%7Exact Match!
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)

46%8 Affixed firmly
adjective

• firmly closed or secured

• furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike

• fastened with strings or cords

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Clue Last Found In...

Source #Number Answer
The Guardian Speedy14 Oct 2007 Down 13
New York Times19 Apr 1978 Across 17
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