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In A Tangled Mess Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is RAVELED which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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199%7Exact Match!
243%10Tangled mess
343%12Tangled mess

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "RAVELED" which means:

    verb
  • • To tangle; entangle; entwine confusedly, become snarled; thus to involve; perplex; confuse.
  • • To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle or clarify.
  • • To pull apart (especially cloth or a seam); unravel.
  • • To become entangled.
  • • To become untwisted or unwoven.
  • • In the apl programming language, to reshape (a variable) into a vector.
  • adjective
  • • Of bread: made from flour and bran.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "She raveled the thread as she sewed."
  • • "The detective raveled the mysterious case."

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New York Times12 Jan 2011 Down 39
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