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Tight Spot Crossword Clue

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noun

• preserve of crushed fruit

• informal terms for a difficult situation

• a dense crowd of people

• deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems

verb

• press tightly together or cram

• push down forcibly

• crush or bruise

• interfere with or prevent the reception of signals

• get stuck and immobilized

• crowd or pack to capacity

• block passage through

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noun

• something that hinders as if with bonds

verb

• stick to firmly

• create social or emotional ties

• make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope

• wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose

• secure with or as if with ropes

• bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted

• provide with a binding

• fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord

• form a chemical bond with

• cause to be constipated

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interjection

• An interjection used to stir up excitement.

adjective

• Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.

• Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.

• Having existed or lived for the specified time.

• (heading) Of an earlier time.

• Tiresome after prolonged repetition.

• Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.

• A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old, big old and little old, any old and some old.)

• Excessive, abundant.

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New York Times09 Feb 2018 Across 46
New York Times09 Jan 2013 Down 3
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