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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 | ||||
| 44% | 7 | May have collars or Peter Pan collars | ||
noun • a top worn by women | ||||
| 37% | 9 | Material used in corsets and stiff collars | ||
noun • a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets | ||||
Stiff Shirt Collars Nurses Cleared Out
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TENSE which was last seen in the Telegraph Toughie crossword.
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TENSE
Updated: September 24, 2025
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