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adjective satellite • pulled or drawn tight • subjected to great tension; stretched tight | ||||
| 41% | 4 | French equivalent of the English “high” and Latin “altus”, thus prefixed to “boy”, “goût”, “monde”, “pas” and “ton”, to mean high wood, high taste, high society/world, high step and high fashion respectively | ||
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| 27% | 10 | ___ wire, a type of strong, thin wire used for strangulation | ||
noun • an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation verb • strangle with an iron collar | ||||
Like A High Wire
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TAUT which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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TAUT
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