In need of tightening, as a sentence Crossword Clue

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In need of tightening, as a sentence Crossword Answer

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TIGHTENING (noun)
1. the act of making something tighter
SENTENCE (verb)
1. pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law
SENTENCE (noun)
1. (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed
2. the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned

More Missing Letter Crossword (6/24/2025) Answers

Across

1. VERB: "to contract the brow in displeasure"

6. Sine ___ non (necessary thing)

9. NOUN: "a pleated, fluted, or gathered strip of fabric used for trimming"

10. Humorous Schumer

11. Set at a high temperature

12. 5-5 score, say

13. Underground stem

14. Flock comments

15. ADJECTIVE: "readily predictable"

17. NOUN: "a multipurpose enclosed motor vehicle having a boxlike shape, rear or side doors, and side panels often with windows"

18. NOUN: "disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due"

23. Time of day

24. ADJECTIVE: "desperately urgent"

25. NOUN: "any of a genus...of usually large deciduous north temperate-zone trees"

26. NOUN: "one that stands out for greatness of achievement"

27. NOUN: "a thick mass of hair"

28. NOUN: "an odor left by an animal on a surface passed over"

29. VERB: "to make a nosy or presumptuous inquiry"

30. PHRASE: "lost; bewildered"

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Down

1. Monastery garment

3. NOUN: "an earthy usually red or yellow and often impure iron ore used as a pigment"

4. PRONOUN: "[to or for] no matter which person"

5. NOUN: "an open-meshed fabric twisted, knotted, or woven together at regular intervals"

6. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "country in eastern Arabia on a peninsula projecting into the Persian Gulf"

7. NOUN: "an open boat made of a wooden frame covered with hide used especially by indigenous peoples of arctic Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and eastern Siberia"

8. "The ___ have it" ("Motion passes")

14. BIOGRAPHICAL NAME: "name of 16 popes... especially...XVI (Joseph Alois Ratzinger) 1927–2022 (pope 2005–13)"

16. VERB: "to become unworkable when a movable part becomes blocked or stuck"

18. Silver or gold, say

19. ADJECTIVE: "uneven and often crude in style"

20. Dark periods, casually

21. Long-legged bird

22. NOUN: "one that meddles"

23. NOUN: "a tall widely cultivated Asian herb...that is cultivated for its tough bast fiber and edible seeds and oil"

26. Org. seen at airports

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