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Tough To Grasp Crossword Clue

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adjective

• relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply

• having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination

noun

• the central and most intense or profound part

• a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

• literary term for an ocean

adverb

• to a great depth; far down or in

• to an advanced time

• to a great distance

adjective satellite

• marked by depth of thinking

• very distant in time or space

• intense or extreme

• having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range

• strong; intense

• relatively thick from top to bottom

• extending relatively far inward

• (of darkness) densely dark

• large in quantity or size

• with head or back bent low

• of an obscure nature

• difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge

• exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy

17%6Grasp tightly
noun

• a small slip noose made with seizing

• the act of grasping

verb

• hold in a tight grasp

• squeeze together tightly

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Source #Number Answer
New York Times10 Jun 2023 Down 43
New York Times11 Jan 2017 Across 6
New York Times19 Jan 2013 Down 32
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