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noun

• a special way of doing something

• the way a garment hangs

• a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms

verb

• be suspended or hanging

• cause to be hanging or suspended

• kill by hanging

• let drop or droop

• fall or flow in a certain way

• be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive

• give heed (to)

• be suspended or poised

• hold on tightly or tenaciously

• be exhibited

• prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury

• decorate or furnish with something suspended

• be placed in position as by a hinge

• place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction

• suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste

26%5 It helps keep a tight ship tight
noun

• ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)

• heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together

verb

• direct one's attention on something

• fasten with a rivet or rivets

• hold (someone's attention)

25%4 These may be loose or tight
noun

• either extremity of something that has length

• the point in time at which something ends

• the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence

• the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it

• a final part or section

• a final state

• the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object

• (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage

• a boundary marking the extremities of something

• one of two places from which people are communicating to each other

• the part you are expected to play

• the last section of a communication

• a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold

• (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, designating players at each end of the defensive line

verb

• have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

• bring to an end or halt

• be the end of; be the last or concluding part of

• put an end to

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New York Times18 May 2022 Across 42
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