Increase Keenness Crossword Clue

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	verb • make sharp or sharper • make crisp or more crisp and precise • become sharp or sharper • put (an image) into focus • make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper • raise the pitch of (musical notes) • give a point to • make (one's senses) more acute
	25%	6		Keenness
	noun • sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart) • a quick and penetrating intelligence
	25%	4		Keenness
	noun • the boundary of a surface • a line determining the limits of an area • a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object • the attribute of urgency in tone of voice • a slight competitive advantage • the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something verb • advance slowly, as if by inches • provide with a border or edge • lie adjacent to another or share a boundary • provide with an edge

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1	Brings back games and increases keenness The Guardian Cryptic - 02 Jan 2012	The Guardian Cryptic / 02 Jan 2012
2	Keenness of vision or hearing
3	Keenness of wife ignored by golf club Telegraph Toughie - 10 Oct 2024	Telegraph Toughie / 10 Oct 2024
4	Keenness or acrimony in disposition
5	Saatchi's core to artist's keenness The Guardian Cryptic - 03 Oct 2008	The Guardian Cryptic / 03 Oct 2008
6	Start functioning well, show keenness at 24, or collide with 25 The Guardian Cryptic - 07 May 2008	The Guardian Cryptic / 07 May 2008
7	Urban capital in a metropolis showing keenness The Guardian Cryptic - 28 Nov 2014	The Guardian Cryptic / 28 Nov 2014

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