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Jerked Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is YANKED which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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97%6Exact Match!
noun

• an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)

• an American (especially to non-Americans)

verb

• pull, or move with a sudden movement

90%7 Removed feathers from
adjective

• of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum

adjective satellite

• having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl

90%7 Pulled forcefully
noun

• the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

• something that slows or delays progress

• something tedious and boring

• clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)

• a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)

• the act of dragging (pulling with force)

verb

• pull, as against a resistance

• draw slowly or heavily

• force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

• move slowly and as if with great effort

• to lag or linger behind

• suck in or take (air)

• use an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it

• walk without lifting the feet

• search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost

• persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting

• proceed for an extended period of time

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Clue Last Found In...

Source #Number Answer
The Guardian Quick15 Nov 2021 Down 14
New York Times16 Feb 1976 Across 44
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