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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 | ||||||||
| 30% | 10 | A stiff hat with a broad, stiff brim and a flat crown | ||||||
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| 25% | 8 | Something that makes muscles less stiff | ||||||
noun • Something that loosens • A usually inaccurate delivery bowled early in a bowler's first over. • An alcoholic drink that makes a person relax. | ||||||||
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TENSE which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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TENSE
Updated: April 1, 2024
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1 | A stiff hat with a broad, stiff brim and a flat crown | |
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21 Dec 1976 | New York Times / 21 Dec 1976 |
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7 | Muscles become unusually tight and stiff |
