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Making Taut Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is TENSING which was last seen in the Telegraph Cross Atlantic crossword.
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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

22%8 A taut wire used to support a power line
noun

• a stay that supports the back of something

22%9Taut cord for shooting arrows
noun

• the string of an archer's bow

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