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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 | ||||||||
| 40% | 8 | Made taut or rigid | ||||||
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Rigid Taut Crossword Clue
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TENSE which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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TENSE
Updated: October 10, 2023
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| New York Times15 Aug 1977 | Across 23 | |
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