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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 | ||||||||
| 32% | 6 | Failure of half the Home Counties | ||||||
noun • the time when something ends verb • transfer by a lease or by a will | ||||||||
| 29% | 3 | Perfect score, or half of a score | ||||||
noun • the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system • one of four playing cards in a deck with ten pips on the face adjective satellite • being one more than nine | ||||||||
Uptight At Half Score For The Home Counties Crossword Clue
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TENSE which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is:
TENSE
Updated: October 14, 2023
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