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Tightened The Shoelaces Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is RETIED which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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199%6Exact Match!
245%9 They can be tightened or loosened
328%6Tightened

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We think the answer is "RETIED" which means:

    verb
  • • To tie again; to tie something that has already been tied or was tied before.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "I retied my shoelaces so they wouldn't come undone."
  • • "She retied the ribbon around the gift to make it look neater."

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New York Times02 Dec 1990 Down 50
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