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Straighten Out Former Nurse Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is EXTEND which was last seen in the Telegraph Cryptic crossword.
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verb

• extend in scope or range or area

• stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

• span an interval of distance, space or time

• make available; provide

• thrust or extend out

• reach outward in space

• offer verbally

• extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body

• expand the influence of

• lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer

• extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length

• cause to move at full gallop

• open or straighten out; unbend

• use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity

• prolong the time allowed for payment of

• continue or extend

• increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance

28%9Straighten out
verb

• make or place parallel to something

• adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument)

28%7 Process used to straighten out fabric wrinkles
noun

• garments (clothes or linens) that are to be (or have been) ironed

• the work of using heat to smooth washed clothes in order to remove any wrinkles

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