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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 | ||||||||
| 45% | 5 | Rub, rub, rub | ||||||
noun • a place that is scoured (especially by running water) verb • examine minutely • clean with hard rubbing • rub hard or scrub • rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid | ||||||||
| 41% | 13 | Collaborated with Michael Jackson on 'Say Say Say' | ||||||
noun • English rock star and bass guitarist and songwriter who with John Lennon wrote most of the music for the Beatles (born in 1942) | ||||||||
In Need Of A Back Rub Say Crossword Clue
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TENSE which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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TENSE
Updated: October 11, 2023
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