Crossword Clues

Strained Crossword Clue

Last seen: The New York Times, 10 Jul 2022

Showing 34 Matching Answers

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TENSE
5 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Like the atmosphere after a squabbleCrossword Clue
Perfect, e.gCrossword Clue
Past, present or futureCrossword Clue
Like stiff musclesCrossword Clue
The difference between who I was and who I am?Crossword Clue
Keyed upCrossword Clue
Feeling anxiousCrossword Clue
On edgeCrossword Clue
Present, e.gCrossword Clue

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TAUT
4 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Like a rope that's not slackCrossword Clue
Pulled tightCrossword Clue
Like a tightrope, ideallyCrossword Clue
Stretched tightCrossword Clue
Stretched tightlyCrossword Clue
Not slackCrossword Clue
Not looseCrossword Clue
Not hanging looseCrossword Clue

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TAXED
5 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Under heavy demandsCrossword Clue
Wore outCrossword Clue
Like capital gainsCrossword Clue
Put a strain onCrossword Clue
Like game show winnings, typicallyCrossword Clue
Like legalized marijuanaCrossword Clue
Moved to take-off after disembarking one becoming stressedCrossword Clue
Like most incomeCrossword Clue

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FILTERED
8 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
Like some apple juiceCrossword Clue
Finally, document found in folder cardinal sortedCrossword Clue
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Purified, in a wayCrossword Clue
Like swimming poolsCrossword Clue
Rid of impuritiesCrossword Clue
Like some cigarettesCrossword Clue

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LABORED
7 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Far from natural-soundingCrossword Clue
Worked hardCrossword Clue
ToiledCrossword Clue
Worked like a dogCrossword Clue
Requiring effortCrossword Clue
Did drudgeryCrossword Clue
ContrivedCrossword Clue
DifficultCrossword Clue
Worked with great effortCrossword Clue

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SIEVED
6 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Put through a strainerCrossword Clue
First lady in underworld returned strainedCrossword Clue
Used a winnowCrossword Clue
Passed through a screenCrossword Clue
Used a strainerCrossword Clue
Did straining workCrossword Clue
SiftedCrossword Clue
Did some strainingCrossword Clue
Like flourCrossword Clue

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TENSED
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Braced for impactCrossword Clue
Prepared for a punchCrossword Clue
Became rigidCrossword Clue
Reacted in frightCrossword Clue
Tightened (up)Crossword Clue
Prepared for a sockCrossword Clue
Wound up on time, needs to travelCrossword Clue
Flinched, e.gCrossword Clue
Prepared for impactCrossword Clue
Got nervous, with "up"Crossword Clue

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TRIED
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Took a shotCrossword Clue
Gave it a goCrossword Clue
Brought before a juryCrossword Clue
Made an effortCrossword Clue
True partner?Crossword Clue
AttemptedCrossword Clue
Had a shot and bound to drink drop of redCrossword Clue
Heard in courtCrossword Clue
Made an attemptCrossword Clue
Had a taste ofCrossword Clue

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EXERTED
7 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Brought to bearCrossword Clue
Applied as 23 runs dryCrossword Clue
Pressed city promoting River DeeCrossword Clue
Edward, succeeding Old Queen Elizabeth, applied much effortCrossword Clue
River runs dry, once strained?Crossword Clue
Put forthCrossword Clue
Made effective use of page dropped by master journalistCrossword Clue
Pushed (oneself)Crossword Clue

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FARFETCHED
10 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Rather unlikely (3-7)Crossword Clue
Implausible (3-7)Crossword Clue
Very unlikely to be imported from across the world (3-7)Crossword Clue
Strained, as Indian tea is? (3-7)Crossword Clue
Unnatural problem with right hand affected (3-7)Crossword Clue
ImplausibleCrossword Clue
Almost irrelevantCrossword Clue
Fellow with the red face not entirely embarrassed? Unconvincing! (3-7)Crossword Clue
Suspect is brought from a long way off (3-7)Crossword Clue

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OVERTAXED
9 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Excessively burdened, public dismissedCrossword Clue
Suffering financially? Thats obvious, being given the sackCrossword Clue
Put too great a strain on daughter following public expenditure cutCrossword Clue
Open cut bled too much?Crossword Clue
Devo plus - extra moves for Scotland to be thus?Crossword Clue
Taking home too little pay as the result of obvious cutCrossword Clue
Like most wage earners, so they sayCrossword Clue
Unfairly burdenedCrossword Clue

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PUREED
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Liquefied in a blenderCrossword Clue
Like much baby foodCrossword Clue
Like some baby foodCrossword Clue
Made baby food out ofCrossword Clue
Liquidised half of joint with sweet coatingCrossword Clue
Returned to London, perhaps, with Lou or Carol, crushedCrossword Clue
Pulped dessert to consume ordered from time to timeCrossword Clue
Like baby food, oftenCrossword Clue
Put through a blenderCrossword Clue
Made soft through strainer or by blenderCrossword Clue

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TAXES
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Takes a toll onCrossword Clue
Wears onCrossword Clue
Payments that might be e-filedCrossword Clue
Major April to-doCrossword Clue
Early springtime woeCrossword Clue
Common campaign issueCrossword Clue
Tries and dismisses following courts conclusionCrossword Clue
Tries and dismisses following court's conclusionCrossword Clue
One of life's certainties, per Benjamin FranklinCrossword Clue
Return paymentsCrossword Clue

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INLAWS
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Typical holiday visitorsCrossword Clue
Marriage acquisitionCrossword Clue
Post-merger acquisitions?Crossword Clue
Marital relations? (2-4)Crossword Clue
Relatives acquired by marriageCrossword Clue
Home with tatty walls, heartless relatives (2-4)Crossword Clue
Relatives gained through marriageCrossword Clue
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According to judges, sons are not consanguineous (2-4)Crossword Clue
Spouse's familyCrossword Clue

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PUREE
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
High-speed blender buttonCrossword Clue
Baby food, oftenCrossword Clue
Blender settingCrossword Clue
LiquefyCrossword Clue
Liquefy in a blenderCrossword Clue
Baby food, oftenCrossword Clue
Blender settingCrossword Clue
Blended mushCrossword Clue
Blender settingCrossword Clue
Applesauce or hummusCrossword Clue

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PUREES
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Makes a smoothieCrossword Clue
Makes edible for a babyCrossword Clue
LiquefiesCrossword Clue
Mashes into a pulpCrossword Clue
Uses a blender, perhapsCrossword Clue
Mashes into a pulpCrossword Clue
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Makes smoothies, e.gCrossword Clue
Baby foods, oftenCrossword Clue
Makes smoothies, e.gCrossword Clue

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RASP
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Grating voice qualityCrossword Clue
Feature of Janis Joplin's voiceCrossword Clue
Speak with a gravelly voiceCrossword Clue
Rough voiceCrossword Clue
Feature of Whoopi Goldberg's voiceCrossword Clue
Scratchy voice qualityCrossword Clue
Speak hoarselyCrossword Clue
Scratchy voiceCrossword Clue
Hoarse vocal qualityCrossword Clue
Hoarse voiceCrossword Clue

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TAUTNESS
8 Letters
5 RELATED CLUES
Lack of slackCrossword Clue
Instructed over the phone by Eliot StretchingCrossword Clue
Degree of strainCrossword Clue
Degree of strainCrossword Clue
Firm conditionCrossword Clue

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BATHOS
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Change from the sublime to the ridiculous?Crossword Clue
Transition from the sublime to the ridiculousCrossword Clue
Literary anticlimaxCrossword Clue
Hit hard - huge anticlimaxCrossword Clue
Crazy house internally a big let-downCrossword Clue
Crazy house internally a big let-downCrossword Clue
City then back? AnticlimaxCrossword Clue
British mountain provides disappointmentCrossword Clue
House cracked externally - something of a comedownCrossword Clue
Trite anticlimaxCrossword Clue

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BIBS
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Racers' wearCrossword Clue
They're seen around dinersCrossword Clue
Lobster catchers?Crossword Clue
Marathon markersCrossword Clue
Drool-catching garmentsCrossword Clue
Baby's spill catchersCrossword Clue
Dribble catchersCrossword Clue
What babies and marathoners both useCrossword Clue
Handouts to lobster eatersCrossword Clue
Front coversCrossword Clue

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CRANED
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Stretched out to seeCrossword Clue
Stretched to get a better look, sayCrossword Clue
Stuck one's neck outCrossword Clue
Stretched for a better lookCrossword Clue
Stretched ones neck! Red can's being crushedCrossword Clue
Dancer roughly hoisted with heavy machineryCrossword Clue
Stretched, in a wayCrossword Clue
Stretched, as one's neckCrossword Clue
Stretched, in a wayCrossword Clue
RubberneckedCrossword Clue

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GREEKYOGURT
11 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
*GiaoúrtiCrossword Clue
[aria-label] Dairy aisle food, written in a different languageCrossword Clue

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INTENSE
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
FerventCrossword Clue
Passionate figure in fashionable Kent areaCrossword Clue
Extremely earnestCrossword Clue
Like some staresCrossword Clue
Highly concentratedCrossword Clue
Concentrated energy concluding how cash may be dispensedCrossword Clue
Vivid — acuteCrossword Clue
Highly concentratedCrossword Clue
Strong, like emotionsCrossword Clue
Say where to find encamped men of great strengthCrossword Clue

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RACKED
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Like some brains and pool ballsCrossword Clue
Arranged, as billiard balls in a triangleCrossword Clue
Accumulated, with "up"Crossword Clue
Tallied, with "up"Crossword Clue
TormentedCrossword Clue
Prepared balls for billiardsCrossword Clue
AfflictedCrossword Clue
Acutely distressedCrossword Clue
TormentedCrossword Clue
Placed in a display caseCrossword Clue

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EKED
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Barely made, with "out"Crossword Clue
___ out (barely got)Crossword Clue
___ out (barely achieved)Crossword Clue
Scratched (out)Crossword Clue
Scraped (out)Crossword Clue
___ by (just barely made it)Crossword Clue
Just made, with "out"Crossword Clue
Scraped (out)Crossword Clue
___ out a victory (barely won)Crossword Clue
___ out (barely got)Crossword Clue

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WHEEZE
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Rasp, breathe noisilyCrossword Clue
Clever trick (informal)Crossword Clue
Goes, some say, for wily schemeCrossword Clue
Goes, some say, for wily schemeCrossword Clue
Reportedly goes for a cunning planCrossword Clue
Cunning scheme making you gaspCrossword Clue
Audibly breathe a cunning planCrossword Clue
Audibly breathe a cunning planCrossword Clue
Caper: breathe noisilyCrossword Clue
Gasp! Great idea!Crossword Clue

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LABOURED
8 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Be our lad (anag) — overwroughtCrossword Clue

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TIGHT
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
"Hang ___!"Crossword Clue
Like Swiss bank securityCrossword Clue
Opposite of looseCrossword Clue
Tense little bird hiding garish wingsCrossword Clue
Tense little bird hiding garish wingsCrossword Clue
Wasted time, scrap after fineCrossword Clue
BlottoCrossword Clue
Snug-fittingCrossword Clue
Like close friendsCrossword Clue
TautCrossword Clue

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FALSETTO
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Wrong time and time again — love rather strainedCrossword Clue
High registerCrossword Clue
Singer in fine voice inspiring groupCrossword Clue
High singing voiceCrossword Clue
Artificially high singing tonesCrossword Clue
High-pitched singing voiceCrossword Clue
Raised voice in argument after short tripCrossword Clue
Defeat cut short by fight in high rangeCrossword Clue
Voice that sings of wrong exaggerated uprisingCrossword Clue
Voice disagreement on trip being cut shortCrossword Clue

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FILIBUSTERED
12 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
Idle brutes, if disturbed, played for timeCrossword Clue
Deliberately obstructed progress — Tiberius fled (anag)Crossword Clue

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TALKATIVE
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Full of gas, it goes up in nasty vat leakCrossword Clue
Glib speech before Ms. Peron returnsCrossword Clue
GarrulousCrossword Clue
Take vital supply yielding plenty of gasCrossword Clue
Kit a valet misplaced being chattyCrossword Clue
Gassy valet with a kit for new treatmentCrossword Clue
Take vital moves, providing a running commentary?Crossword Clue
Like a TV broadcast in pursuit of acknowledgment? Thats saying a lotCrossword Clue
Effusive lecture on musical recalledCrossword Clue
Being chatty makes Kate vitalCrossword Clue

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INLAMB
6 Letters

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BERGERBABYFOOD
14 Letters

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SYNCOPATED
10 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
A copy tends to be odd with the middle redactedCrossword Clue
NYPD case to get resolved having been shortenedCrossword Clue
NYPD case to get resolved having been shortenedCrossword Clue
Trained spy to dance in jazzy style?Crossword Clue
Trained spy to dance in jazzy style?Crossword Clue
Unusually stressed church council welcomes chapter and head (slightly later)Crossword Clue
Cut short, as rhythmCrossword Clue

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