Tense
Crossword Clue and Answers
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This clue in was most recently seen in the wild in Evening Standard Easy Crossword.
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Publications
- Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Tuesday, 29 Jun 2021
- Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Thursday, 14 Jan 2021
- Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Thursday, 10 Sep 2020
- The Guardian Quick - Saturday, 25 Aug 2018
- The New York Times Crossword - Tuesday, 12 Sep 2017
- The New York Times Crossword - Sunday, 12 Mar 2017
- The New York Times Crossword - Tuesday, 3 Jan 2017
- The New York Times Crossword - Wednesday, 14 Dec 2016
Crossword Answers
4 letters
EDGY
Being in a tense state
TAUT
Subjected to great tension; stretched tight; "the skin of his face looked drawn and tight"; "her nerves were taut as the strings of a bow"
5 letters
WIRED
Tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline; "we were really pumped up for the race"; "he was so pumped he couldn't sleep"
KEYED
Set to a key or tone
RIGID
Designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure
JUMPY
Being in a tense state
NERVY
Being in a tense state
TIGHT
(of a contest or contestants) evenly matched; "a close contest"; "a close election"; "a tight game"
ACUTE
A mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
6 letters
ONEDGE
STRAIN
The act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates"
7 letters
TENSEUP
Cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; "he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up"
UPTIGHT
Being in a tense state
NERVOUS
Easily agitated; "a nervous addict"; "a nervous thoroughbred"
FRAUGHT
Marked by distress; "a fraught mother-daughter relationship"
ANXIOUS
Eagerly desirous; "anxious to see the new show at the museum"; "dying to hear who won"
STIFFEN
Become stiff or stiffer; "He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room"
RESTIVE
Impatient especially under restriction or delay; "the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive"
JITTERY
Characterized by jerky movements; "a jittery ride"
WOUNDUP
Brought to a state of great tension; "all wound up for a fight"
8 letters
STRESSED
Bearing a stress or accent; "an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'"
STRAINED
Struggling for effect; "agonistic poses"
9 letters
STRESSFUL
Extremely irritating to the nerves; "nerve-racking noise"; "the stressful days before a war"; "a trying day at the office"
10 letters
OVERSTRUNG
Too tightly strung; "an overstrung archery bow"
HIGHSTRUNG