Rigid Taut Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 10, 2023

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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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	34%	9		To become less taut or rigid
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New York Times15 Aug 1977	Across 23
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