Tense seconds are perhaps (9) Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% IMPERFECT Tense seconds are perhaps (9) (9)
9% EDGY Tense (4) Puzzler Backwords Sep 13, 2025
8% REDOS Second shots (5) USA Today Nov 6, 2025
8% SETTLEMENT Bishops maybe tense on bench in town (10) The Telegraph Cryptic Nov 4, 2025
8% USED Second-hand (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 31, 2025
8% SHORTSTORY Anecdote from Rishi Sunak perhaps taking seconds (10) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 30, 2025
8% NANO Lead-in to second (4) New York Times Oct 29, 2025
8% ANARCHIST Opponent of government is tense after seconds of fairly unpleasant teasing (9) The Times Cryptic Oct 28, 2025
8% STERNEST Most dour novelist's tense (8) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 28, 2025
8% LETSPRETEND "Imagine for a second ..." (11) Universal Oct 25, 2025
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