Tied Up In Knots Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 11, 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
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	adjective satellite • deeply involved especially in something complicated • twisted together in a tangled mass • involved in difficulties
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New York Times09 Aug 2008	Across 21
New York Times28 Dec 1987	Across 67
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