American stops a tense period only with difficulty Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue American stops a tense period only with difficulty last seen in Guardian Quiptic puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 10 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is ATASTRETCH.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ATASTRETCH American stops a tense period only with difficulty (10) The Guardian Quiptic Dec 12, 2022
3% OTS Tense NBA periods, for short (3) LA Times Daily Oct 8, 2025
3% EDGY Tense (4) Puzzler Backwords Sep 13, 2025
2% CEASE Stop (5) LA Times Daily Nov 4, 2025
2% IHOPE "If only!" (5) LA Times Mini Nov 3, 2025
2% DESIST Stop (6) The Times Sunday Concise Nov 2, 2025
2% NAME In __ only (4) Commuter Nov 1, 2025
2% NEGATED Arm in difficulty, squashed (7) (7) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 31, 2025
2% AGE It's "only a number" (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 29, 2025
2% KNOT Regularly eking out difficulty (4) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 29, 2025

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