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noun • a painful and involuntary muscular contraction • a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued • a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together verb • secure with a cramp • prevent the progress or free movement of • affect with or as if with a cramp • suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle | ||||||||
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noun • a muscular cramp (especially in the thigh or calf) following vigorous exercise | ||||||||
| 36% | 5 | Experience a sudden painful muscle contraction | ||||||
noun • a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) verb • twist suddenly so as to sprain | ||||||||
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CRAMP which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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CRAMP
Updated: October 14, 2023
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