| Flex |
Universal |
21 Nov 2025 |
| Be flexible - diagonal shield line (4) |
The Guardian Quick |
20 Nov 2025 |
| Unstraighten, as a wire |
|
|
| Form a curve (4) |
Mirror Classic |
22 Oct 2025 |
| Corner |
Puzzler Backwords |
15 Oct 2025 |
| Oregon city |
Commuter |
14 Oct 2025 |
| Oregon city home to the last remaining Blockbuster |
USA Today |
14 Sep 2025 |
| River feature |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Sep 2025 |
| Be flexible |
LA Times Daily |
24 Aug 2025 |
| Flex |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Aug 2025 |
| Use one's joints, say |
|
|
| "___ It Like Beckham," 2002 movie |
|
|
| Flex |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Jul 2025 |
| Crook bundles knight into sack |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Jul 2025 |
| Hairpin ___ (type of sharp turn on the road) |
|
|
| Make a concession |
Commuter |
28 Jun 2025 |
| Twist British result (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
27 Jun 2025 |
| Turn (4) |
Mirror Quick |
27 Jun 2025 |
| Give in a little |
Commuter |
18 Jun 2025 |
| Knot used to fasten something (4) |
|
|
| Make a concession |
Newsday |
06 Jun 2025 |
| Flex |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 May 2025 |
| Road curve |
Commuter |
20 May 2025 |
| Corner |
Puzzler Backwords |
18 May 2025 |
| See 11 Across |
Mirror Quiz |
17 May 2025 |
| City in N Indiana, US, on St Joseph River associated with Studebaker automobiles (5,4) |
|
|
| Flex |
Thomas Joseph |
29 Apr 2025 |
| Turn |
Mirror Quick |
27 Apr 2025 |
| Twist British result |
Mirror Cryptic |
27 Apr 2025 |
| Relent |
Commuter |
22 Apr 2025 |
| Note purpose of knot |
|
|
| Big Westminsterite, Democrat leader, will not be rigid (4) |
|
|
| Turn the plane by the river (4) |
|
|
| Bow at start of big finish |
|
|
| ___ over backwards (go out of one's way to accommodate) |
|
|
| Allow for some compromise on the rules |
USA Today |
07 Apr 2025 |
| Oxbow, e.g. |
|
|
| Make concessions |
LA Times Daily |
03 Apr 2025 |
| What Jess Bhamra wants to do like Beckham |
|
|
| __ over backwards (try hard) |
Newsday |
01 Apr 2025 |
| Turn in sack to cuddle fiancee heartily (4) |
|
|
| Ben reaches 500 at the curve! (4) |
|
|
| Make a concession |
Commuter |
07 Mar 2025 |
| Corner round which one would be mad to go (4) |
|
|
| To curve, bow (4) |
|
|
| Movie: - It Like Beckham |
|
|
| Corner a sailor may consider knotty (4) |
|
|
| - over backwards |
|
|
| Do this backwards to try hard to please |
|
|
| Knotty one to negotiate? (4) |
|
|
| Form a curve |
Mirror Classic |
14 Jan 2025 |
| Bravo! Finish bow! (4) |
|
|
| Part of club ending curve in road (4) |
|
|
| ___ over backward (try hard) |
Universal |
29 Dec 2024 |
| Twist British result |
Mirror Cryptic |
25 Dec 2024 |
| Turn |
Mirror Quick |
25 Dec 2024 |
| ___ the rules (cheat a bit) |
|
|
| - over backward |
|
|
| Curve in a road |
|
|
| ___ over backwards (make efforts) |
|
|
| Start of an ox-bow lake |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
06 Dec 2024 |
| Curve: a - in the road |
|
|
| Form a curve (4) |
Mirror Classic |
24 Nov 2024 |
| ___ over backwards (make efforts) |
|
|
| Curve in a road |
Commuter |
02 Nov 2024 |
| Unstraighten, as a wire |
|
|
| Road curve |
Premier Sunday |
27 Oct 2024 |
| Hairpin ___ (type of sharp turn on the road) |
|
|
| Compromise |
Newsday |
20 Oct 2024 |
| Submit name to be admitted into foundation (4) |
|
|
| Grand ___ (Ontario beach town on Lake Huron) |
|
|
| Flex, curve: - in the pipe |
|
|
| Bow at the finish, after a bad start (4) |
|
|
| "___ It Like Beckham," 2002 sports comedy-drama film starring Parminder Nagra in a leading role |
|
|
| What one might do to the rules or the truth |
New York Times |
17 Sep 2024 |
| Be flexible |
Commuter |
16 Sep 2024 |
| Twist British result |
Mirror Cryptic |
11 Sep 2024 |
| Turn |
Mirror Quick |
11 Sep 2024 |
| Give in a little |
Commuter |
05 Sep 2024 |
| Stoop; force into a curved position (4) |
|
|
| The prebendary has a curvature (4) |
|
|
| Flex |
Mirror Tea Time |
30 Aug 2024 |
| ___ the rules (cheat a little) |
|
|
| Reach for your toes, say |
|
|
| Stoop to see second infant in cot |
|
|
| Feature of a river |
|
|
| Curve round which one is mad to be (4) |
|
|
| Deep knee ___ (fitness exercise) |
|
|
| __ over backwards (try hard) |
Newsday |
18 Jun 2024 |
| What to do before you snap, according to Elle Woods |
|
|
| Curve |
The Times Concise |
30 May 2024 |
| Give a little |
Newsday |
03 May 2024 |
| Graceful curve |
|
|
| Become angled (4) |
|
|
| Touch your toes say |
|
|
| Stoop |
Commuter |
12 Apr 2024 |
| On a charge this might well be sinister (4) |
|
|
| Flex |
Universal |
05 Apr 2024 |
| Ordinary black curtains |
|
|
| Plie, for example |
|
|
| Show flexibility |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Mar 2024 |
| Ball takes edge to deviate (4) |
|
|
| ___ the knee (submit to another's authority) |
|
|
| Show flexibility |
Universal |
09 Mar 2024 |
| Big ___ National Park |
|
|
| Flex |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Feb 2024 |
| Give in a little |
Newsday |
23 Feb 2024 |
| Flex |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Jan 2024 |
| Curve found in climb, endlessly (4) |
|
|
| Give a little |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Jan 2024 |
| Curve of turn (4) |
|
|
| ___ It Like Beckham, 2002 film (4) |
|
|
| 2002 Gurinder Chadha film comedy with a footballing theme (4) |
|
|
| Place to retire fringes new curve in road? (4) |
|
|
| Kinky thing with bachelor getting close (4) |
|
|
| Kinky thing with bachelor getting close |
The Guardian Cryptic |
29 Dec 2023 |
| Crouch (4) |
Puzzler |
23 Dec 2023 |
| Be flexible |
Commuter |
14 Dec 2023 |
| Oregon city on the Deschutes River |
LA Times Daily |
25 Nov 2023 |
| Curve in a river |
USA Today |
19 Oct 2023 |
| Curved part of a river |
Family Time |
16 Oct 2023 |
| Reach for your toes |
|
|
| Give in a little |
Newsday |
06 Sep 2023 |
| Reach for your toes, say |
|
|
| Crook |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Aug 2023 |
| What Superman can do to steel |
Family Time |
06 Aug 2023 |
| 36-Across, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jun 2023 |
| Flex |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Jun 2023 |
| Reshape, as a pipe cleaner |
New York Times |
19 Jun 2023 |
| See 15 |
The Guardian Weekend |
25 Mar 2023 |
| Flex |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Mar 2023 |
| Give in and hit the hay around noon |
The Telegraph Toughie |
15 Feb 2023 |
| Curve in the road |
USA Today |
08 Feb 2023 |
| Road curve |
|
|
| Give a little |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jan 2023 |
| Corner |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Dec 2022 |
| Flex |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Dec 2022 |
| Crook |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Dec 2022 |
| ___ over backwards |
|
|
| Arch nemesis' leader engaged in plot |
The Telegraph Toughie |
10 Nov 2022 |
| Fold or twist |
Family Time |
10 Oct 2022 |
| Flex |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Sep 2022 |
| Reach for your toes |
Newsday |
22 Aug 2022 |
| Reach for your toes, say |
|
|
| Type of knot used to join two ropes |
The Guardian Quick |
11 Aug 2022 |
| ___ over backwards (make efforts) |
|
|
| Flex |
Thomas Joseph |
10 May 2022 |
| Flex, as biceps |
Newsday |
10 May 2022 |
| Flex |
Universal |
02 May 2022 |
| Deep-knee thing |
Family Time |
06 Mar 2022 |
| Exhibit flexibility |
Newsday |
13 Feb 2022 |
| ___ over backwards |
|
|
| Warp, as a metal bar |
Family Time |
17 Jan 2022 |
| Flex |
The Washington Post Sunday |
09 Jan 2022 |
| Do it to make a curvy spoon |
Family Time |
19 Dec 2021 |
| Road curve |
Premier Sunday |
14 Nov 2021 |
| Curve in a road |
|
|
| Road turn |
Universal |
17 Oct 2021 |
| Relent |
LA Times Daily |
01 Oct 2021 |
| Relent |
The Washington Post |
01 Oct 2021 |
| Curve in the road |
The Washington Post |
21 Sep 2021 |
| Curve in the road |
LA Times Daily |
21 Sep 2021 |
| Meet halfway, say |
Newsday |
11 Sep 2021 |
| Curve in a road |
|
|
| "___ It Like Beckham," 2002 movie |
|
|
| Stretch, as the truth |
Universal |
03 Aug 2021 |
| Compromise |
LA Times Daily |
25 Jul 2021 |
| Compromise |
The Washington Post |
25 Jul 2021 |
| With 2-Down, stoop down |
USA Today |
24 Jul 2021 |
| Flex |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 May 2021 |
| Something you might do 'over backward' |
New York Times |
28 Apr 2021 |
| Curve (in a road) |
The Times Concise |
02 Apr 2021 |
| Give a little |
Newsday |
28 Mar 2021 |
| Crook from north found in sack |
|
|
| Be flexible |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Jan 2021 |
| Turn black before death |
|
|
| Feature of a winding road |
USA Today |
26 Dec 2020 |
| Curve in a road |
The Washington Post |
30 Nov 2020 |
| Curve in a road |
LA Times Daily |
30 Nov 2020 |
| Show flexibility |
Newsday |
20 Oct 2020 |
| Finally give in after initial pushback |
New York Times |
10 Oct 2020 |
| Flex |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Aug 2020 |
| Crook bundles knight into sack |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Aug 2020 |
| Make a metal bar crooked |
Family Time |
17 Aug 2020 |
| Flex |
Newsday |
29 Jul 2020 |
| Warp |
The Washington Post |
26 Jul 2020 |
| Warp |
LA Times Daily |
26 Jul 2020 |
| Duck found on banks of beautiful rivers of Ireland |
Irish Times Crosaire |
17 Jul 2020 |
| __ over backwards (try hard) |
Newsday |
14 Jul 2020 |
| Unstraighten, as a wire |
New York Times |
06 Jul 2020 |
| Oregon golfing mecca |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jul 2020 |
| Oregon golfing mecca |
The Washington Post |
05 Jul 2020 |
| Curve in the road |
USA Today |
02 Jul 2020 |
| Turn in a road |
Universal |
25 Jun 2020 |
| Fork for duck? |
Irish Times Crosaire |
12 Jun 2020 |
| Show flexibility |
USA Today |
02 Jun 2020 |
| ___ over backwards (make an effort) |
|
|
| ___ the rules |
The Washington Post Sunday |
19 Apr 2020 |
| Curve |
USA Today |
25 Feb 2020 |
| "___ It Like Beckham" (2002 British romcom) |
|
|
| Flex |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Feb 2020 |
| Crook from north in sack |
|
|
| Curve |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Nov 2019 |
| Big ____ is the only US National Park from which you can cross the border into Mexico |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
10 Nov 2019 |
| Crook keeps knight in sack |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 Nov 2019 |
| Give a little |
LA Times Daily |
16 Oct 2019 |
| Give a little |
The Washington Post |
16 Oct 2019 |
| Aim to follow bishop and crook |
|
|
| Distort, as rules |
The Washington Post |
08 Oct 2019 |
| Distort, as rules |
LA Times Daily |
08 Oct 2019 |
| Curve in a road |
USA Today |
12 Sep 2019 |
| Curve; knot |
The Times Concise |
01 Aug 2019 |
| Make a concession |
Newsday |
14 Jul 2019 |
| Turn back on man while sleeping? |
|
|
| Road curve |
Universal |
08 Jul 2019 |
| Make something curve |
Family Time |
24 Jun 2019 |
| Be flexible |
Premier Sunday |
16 Jun 2019 |
| Turn down steel? |
Family Time |
13 May 2019 |
| What vaulting poles do |
The New Yorker |
29 Apr 2019 |
| Feature of a meandering river |
USA Today |
27 Apr 2019 |
| Crook from north in sack |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Apr 2019 |
| Stoop (down) |
Universal |
16 Apr 2019 |
| River curve |
USA Today |
12 Mar 2019 |
| Crook |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Mar 2019 |
| River curve |
|
|
| Give a little |
|
|
| Distort, as rules |
|
|
| Crook |
|
|
| Feature of a meandering river |
|
|
| Curve in a road |
|
|
| Stoop (down) |
|
|
| Road curve |
|
|
| Genuflect, e.g |
New York Times |
13 Dec 2018 |
| Flex |
New York Times |
03 Dec 2018 |
| Give in a little |
USA Today |
28 Oct 2018 |
| A curve in the road |
|
|
| Display flexibility |
The Washington Post Sunday |
14 Oct 2018 |
| Road curve |
|
|
| Don't stand firm |
USA Today |
09 Aug 2018 |
| Metal curve |
Universal |
19 Jul 2018 |
| Turn of a river |
Newsday |
12 Jul 2018 |
| Give in a bit |
USA Today |
08 Jul 2018 |
| Road turn |
|
|
| Turn taking bishop to close |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Jun 2018 |
| Stoop (over) |
Premier Sunday |
13 May 2018 |
| Small boy exited finally, giving bow |
|
|
| Crook |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Mar 2018 |
| Hairpin ___ (turn shaped like a U) |
|
|
| Compromise |
Newsday |
14 Jan 2018 |
| Bow out of second-rate finale |
|
|
| Metal curve |
|
|
| Give in a little |
|
|
| Flex |
|
|
| Genuflect, e.g. |
|
|
| Give in a bit |
|
|
| Don't stand firm |
|
|
| Flex |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Dec 2017 |
| . Area around new arch |
|
|
| Make curves |
Universal |
30 Nov 2017 |
| Notre Dame setting |
New York Times |
22 Nov 2017 |
| Relax, as rules |
USA Today |
30 Jul 2017 |
| Curve in a river |
Newsday |
04 Jun 2017 |
| Give a little black object |
The Telegraph Toughie |
03 Mar 2017 |
| Bow to pressure |
USA Today |
04 Jan 2017 |
| Curve in a road |
|
|
| Bow to pressure |
|
|
| Relax, as rules |
|
|
| Make curves |
|
|
| Notre Dame setting |
|
|
| Give a little |
USA Today |
13 Nov 2016 |
| Assume a stooped posture |
Family Time |
13 Nov 2016 |
| Calisthenics movement |
LA Times Daily |
09 Nov 2016 |
| Demonstrate flexibility |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Oct 2016 |
| Be flexible |
Newsday |
12 Oct 2016 |
| Give in to pressure |
Universal |
16 Sep 2016 |
| Dish of raw vegetables |
The Times Concise |
23 Aug 2016 |
| The Scots booze in Munich evening one's taken off |
|
|
| River feature |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jul 2016 |
| Compromise |
New York Times |
15 Jul 2016 |
| Crouch |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 May 2016 |
| Bow to pressure? |
Family Time |
23 May 2016 |
| Give in a little |
Newsday |
20 May 2016 |
| Be flexible |
The Washington Post |
13 Apr 2016 |
| Flex |
The Guardian Quick |
12 Mar 2016 |
| Show flexibility |
The Washington Post |
23 Feb 2016 |
| Assume a stooped posture |
Universal |
18 Feb 2016 |
| Compromise |
|
|
| Assume a stooped posture |
|
|
| Give in to pressure |
|
|
| Fudge, as a rule |
New York Times |
09 Dec 2015 |
| Bishop with complete stoop |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
22 Sep 2015 |
| Show flexibility |
LA Times Daily |
18 May 2015 |
| Corner |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 May 2015 |
| Flex book to finish |
|
|
| Show flexibility |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Feb 2015 |
| Show flexibility |
|
|
| __ over backwards (try hard) |
|
|
| Show flexibility |
|
|
| Flex |
|
|
| Bow to pressure |
|
|
| Snow Patrol "The Planets ___ Between Us" |
|
|
| Fudge, as a rule |
|
|
| Give a little |
|
|
| Show some flexibility |
|
|
| Flex with black finish |
|
|
| Curve in the road |
|
|
| Show willingness to compromise |
|
|
| Road curve |
|
|
| Don't stand firm |
|
|
| Compromise |
|
|
| Curve in the road |
|
|
| Curve |
|
|
| Compromise |
|
|
| Calisthenics movement |
|
|
| ___ over backward |
|
|
| It may be in the road |
|
|
| CCR "Up Around the ___" |
|
|
| Crook |
|
|
| Assume a stooped posture |
|
|
| Road curve |
|
|
| Reach for your toes |
|
|
| Flex |
|
|
| Flex |
|
|
| __ over backward |
|
|
| Show willingness to compromise |
|
|
| Make a concession |
|
|
| Become a crook? |
|
|
| Give a little |
|
|
| __ over backward |
|
|
| Distort, as the truth |
|
|
| Road curve |
|
|
| Show willingness to compromise |
|
|
| Not stay rigid |
|
|
| Show flexibility |
|
|
| Stoop |
|
|
| Make concessions |
|
|
| Make concessions |
|
|
| Hunch over |
|
|
| Crook |
|
|
| Reach for your toes |
|
|
| Deep knee ___ (exercise unit) |
|
|
| Yield |
|
|
| Road turn |
|
|
| "___ It Like Beckham" |
|
|
| Stretch, as the rules |
|
|
| Give a little |
|
|
| Modify, as rules |
|
|
| Crook |
|
|
| Road turn |
|
|
| Show flexibility, in a way |
|
|
| Stretch, as the rules |
|
|
| ___ over backwards |
|
|
| Demonstrate flexibility |
|
|
| Curve |
|
|
| Turn in the road |
|
|
| "___ it Like Beckham" |
|
|
| Compromise some |
|
|
| Twist |
|
|
| Gentle turn in a river or road |
|
|
| Cause to curve |
|
|
| Deep knee ___ |
|
|
| River feature |
|
|
| Compromise |
|
|
| Compromise |
|
|
| Curved segment |
|
|
| Central Oregon town |
|
|
| Give a little |
|
|
| Show flexibility |
|
|
| Be flexible |
|
|
| "___ It Like Beckham" |
|
|
| Twist out of shape |
|
|
| Curve |
|
|
| Bow to pressure? |
|
|
| Crook |
|
|
| Stoop over |
|
|
| Relent |
|
|
| Flex |
|
|
| Compromise |
|
|
| Submit |
|
|
| Give a little |
|
|
| Be flexible |
|
|
| Plie, for one |
|
|
| Twist |
|
|
| Joint action? |
|
|
| Give in |
|
|
| Show flexibility |
|
|
| Show flexibility |
|
|
| Dangerous place to pass a car |
|
|
| Make curved |
|
|
| Stretch, as the rules |
|
|
| Refract, say |
|
|
| Curve |
|
|
| Stretch, as the rules |
|
|
| Curve in the road |
|
|
| Curve |
|
|
| Road curve |
|
|
| Stoop |
|
|
| Show leniency |
|
|
| Emulate Gumby |
|
|
| Road curve |
|
|
| Relax, as rules |
|
|
| Twist |
|
|
| Give a bit |
|
|
| Show flexibility |
|
|
| Relax restrictions |
|
|
| Be flexible |
|
|
| Give way |
|
|
| Relax, as rules |
|
|
| Take a bow? |
|
|
| Deflect |
|
|
| Give a little |
|
|
| Flex |
|
|
| Compromise |
|
|
| Deep knee __: exercise |
|
|
| Flex |
|
|
| Make a concession |
|
|
| Road turn |
|
|
| Touch one's toes |
|
|
| Be flexible |
|
|
| Deep knee __: exercise |
|
|
| Turn in the road |
|
|
| Give in |
|
|
| Road curve |
|
|
| Ogee, basically |
|
|
| River feature |
|
|
| Arc |
|
|
| Stretch, as a rule |
|
|
| South ___, Indiana |
|
|
| Distort |
|
|
| Distort, as the truth |
|
|
| Arc |
|
|
| River feature |
|
|
| Make concessions |
|
|
| Stretch, as a rule |
|
|
| Modify, as rules |
|
|
| Yield |
|
|
| River feature |
|
|
| Oregon resort town |
|
|
| Bow |
|
|
| Genuflect |
|
|
| Show flexibility |
|
|
| Twisted town of Oregon? |
|
|
| Make curves |
|
|
| Flex |
|
|
| Make concessions |
|
|
| Yield |
|
|
| Stoop |
|
|
| Relax, as rules |
|
|
| Give in |
|
|
| Curve |
|
|
| Oregon city |
|
|
| Fold |
|
|
| River feature |
|
|
| Curve |
|
|
| South __, IN |
|
|
| ___ over backwards |
|
|
| Road irregularity |
|
|
| Assume a stooped posture |
|
|
| Curve in 31 Down |
|
|
| Central Oregon city |
|
|
| Acquiesce |
|
|
| Make a concession |
|
|
| Around the ____ |
|
|
| Reach for your toes |
|
|
| Crook |
|
|
| Fisherman's ____ (knot) |
|
|
| Bow |
|
|
| Give way |
|
|
| Fold |
|
|
| Luge factor |
|
|
| River curve |
|
|
| Deep knee _____ |
|
|
| Camber |
|
|
| Diagonal stripe between opposite corners of 17 Across |
|
|
| River's turn |
|
|
| Curved part of a stream |
|
|
| Sag |
|
|
| Yield |
|
|
| Flex |
|
|
| Lean |
|
|
| Give in; yield |
|
|
| Plié, to the layman |
|
|
| Bow |
|
|
| Incline |
|
|
| Give way |
|
|
| Give in a bit |
|
|
| ___ one's ear (bore) |
|
|
| Knee exercise |
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| Influence |
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| South ___. |
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| Pull taut, as a bow. |
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| Incline. |
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| South ___, Ind. |
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| Give in a little |
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| Curve in the road |
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| Allow for some wiggle room |
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| Road turn. |
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| South ___, Indiana. |
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| Big ___ State, Tennessee. |
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| Turn. |
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| Give in. |
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| Curve. |
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| Swerve. |
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| Crook. |
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| Yield. |
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| Stoop. |
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| Carrick ___, knot for joining hawsers. |
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