Close, tense battle: France lost (5) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Close, tense battle: France lost (5) featured in Sun Two Speed puzzle on November 16, 2025. 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 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is TIGHT.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TIGHT Close, tense battle: France lost (5) (5) The Sun Two Speed Nov 16, 2025
6% ATSEA Lost (5) New York Times Nov 6, 2025
6% WAR Battle (3) The Telegraph Quick Nov 4, 2025
6% UNE A, in France (3) Universal Oct 23, 2025
6% AVEC With, in France (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 11, 2025
6% EDGY Tense (4) Puzzler Backwords Sep 13, 2025
5% ACIE In the line of battle (4) The Times O Tempora Nov 15, 2025
5% SUSPENSE Tense uncertainty (8) (8) Puzzler Nov 15, 2025
5% SHUT Closed (4) Commuter Nov 12, 2025
5% TIGHTEN Giant sounded tense (7) The Times Cryptic Nov 12, 2025

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