Nerve-straining Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Nerve-straining . 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 TENSE.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TENSE Nerve-straining (5)
3% OPTIC __ nerve (5) LA Times Daily Jul 18, 2026
3% COLDBREW "Steep, strain, serve" product (8) Newsday Jul 18, 2026
3% ULNAR Arm's __ nerve (5) Newsday Jul 17, 2026
3% TAX Strain or stretch (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jul 13, 2026
3% TENSION Strain (7) Puzzler Backwords Jul 3, 2026
3% STRETCH A way to heave and strain (7) (7) The Guardian Cryptic Jun 30, 2026
3% TOPIC Sign of nerves about work issue (5) The Telegraph Cryptic Jun 23, 2026
3% HUB Nerve center (3) LA Times Daily Jun 20, 2026
3% APPREHENSIVELY Heavenly pipers played with a few nerves (14) The Telegraph Cryptic Jun 17, 2026
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