Tense thug cutting unionist up gate-crashes do up north |
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Get hint perhaps and increase tension (7) |
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Tauten |
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The giant said "Shut up", firmly (7) |
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Tense gent hit out |
The Times Cryptic |
22 Mar 2024 |
Intoxicated men lose their head when they apply the spanner (7) |
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Do up nut (7) |
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Squeeze harder (7) |
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Reduce the slackness! Get thin like this! (7) |
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Said to draw a number but not draw it loosely (7) |
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To increase the tension is a different way to get thin! (7) |
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Stop being loose a drunken chicken reportedly (7) |
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Secure giant, say (7) |
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Get hint about contract |
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Constrict noisy god (7) |
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Game hard tenor and nurse make more strict |
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Screw (lid) securely |
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Squeeze, fix more firmly |
Puzzler Backwords |
11 Dec 2023 |
Sounds like giant screw up |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
03 Oct 2023 |
Screw up |
The Guardian Quick |
22 Jul 2023 |
Constrict |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Jun 2023 |
Secure satellite broadcast |
The Telegraph Toughie |
28 Apr 2023 |
Turn clockwise, as a screw |
New York Times |
12 Dec 2022 |
Colossus reportedly becoming tense |
The Times Cryptic |
04 Oct 2022 |
Make less loose |
USA Today |
11 Aug 2022 |
Constrict |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Apr 2022 |
Make more secure |
The Guardian Quick |
18 Apr 2022 |
Become more tense |
The Times Concise |
21 Jan 2022 |
Contract, massive thing by the sound of it |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Sep 2021 |
Squeeze gallons into the tin, furiously |
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Pick up huge contract |
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Make more restrictive |
USA Today |
21 May 2021 |
Turn right, say |
New York Times |
08 May 2021 |
Use a torque wrench |
Canadiana |
03 May 2021 |
Reportedly giant is tense |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
17 Jul 2020 |
Superman's pronounced cramp |
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Make harder to undo |
The Times Concise |
31 Dec 2019 |
Brace for match, number announced |
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Colossus reportedly becoming tense |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 Aug 2019 |
Constrict |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 Aug 2019 |
Stiffen |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Feb 2019 |
Heavyweight reportedly gets purse |
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By the sound of it, giant close |
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Make less loose |
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Make more constrictive |
The Washington Post Sunday |
08 Apr 2018 |
Sound of giant to be more constrained |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
09 Feb 2018 |
Strong person, we hear, to become tense |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Jan 2018 |
Make more taut |
The Times Concise |
15 Sep 2017 |
Wind up Cronus, maybe one might say |
The Telegraph Toughie |
09 Nov 2016 |
Squeeze |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Feb 2016 |
Strange thing to keep note on brace |
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Make tenser |
The Times Concise |
14 Aug 2015 |
Turn to the right, say? |
LA Times Daily |
21 May 2015 |
For the audience, draw a number -- get tense |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Jan 2015 |
Turn to the right, say? |
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Bolster, as security |
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Constrict |
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Secure, in a way |
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Secure, in a way |
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Turn a vise handle clockwise |
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Wind up |
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Use a clamp, say |
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Turn right, maybe |
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Use a clamp, say |
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Make less loose |
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Constrain |
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Grow tense |
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