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Uptight Person Crossword Clue

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noun

• a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum

34%10 Stuffy and uptight person
noun

• a conservative who is old-fashioned or dull in attitude or appearance

26%12Uptight
adjective satellite

• unimaginatively conventional

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