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Strain Crossword Answer

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EXERT

(5 letters)

SIFT

(4 letters)

TOIL

(4 letters)

ILK

(3 letters)

TENSION

(7 letters)

STRESS

(6 letters)

MELODY

(6 letters)

OVERTAX

(7 letters)

Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)
2. use to the limit
(noun)
1. charge against a citizen’s person or property or activity for the support of government

Hint 2: Clue Definition

STRAIN (noun)
1. an intense or violent exertion
2. difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
STRAIN (verb)
1. cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
2. test the limits of

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

EXERT
(5 letters)
SIFT
(4 letters)
TOIL
(4 letters)
ILK
(3 letters)
TENSION
(7 letters)
STRESS
(6 letters)
MELODY
(6 letters)
OVERTAX
(7 letters)

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20. Bony beginning

21. Seep

22. Ocean predator

23. What a fast-food worker might earn

25. Cape Hatteras Natl. Seashore location

26. ___ me tangere

27. 'Sorta?'

28. Health club amenity, perhaps

29. Dickens’s Jack Dawkins, familiarly

32. Pocket watch part

35. Vocalist Della

36. Specifics, slangily

37. Title for Robert Francis Prevost

43. Monticello, e.g

45. Page of “The Umbrella Academy”

46. Attributes

48. Org. whose emblem shows an eagle clutching an anchor

53. Menu category

54. Hook's henchman

55. Neighbor of both Minnesota and New York

56. Country music sound

57. "Crikey!"

61. Discharged

63. 'Your point being . . .'

64. Weary sound

65. Includes in an email

68. Birch family tree

69. Up, in a way

71. 'There's __ in team''

72. Reds and Browns’ home

74. Nebraska senator Fischer

75. House shower

77. Disc-tossing sport

81. Liftoff-canceling command

86. See-through wear

87. Bonkers

88. Lack of vitality

89. Sanctions

90. Gets a pet, perhaps

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94. Clever

97. Collector of vinyl records, maybe

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103. Choir contingent

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106. 1965 #1 hit for the Beach Boys

109. In the manner of

111. Astronaut Jemison

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120. At any point

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125. Wound reminder

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1. Cooper maker [Edit 23-Across: Rambler maker]

2. Insightful cries

3. Sieve makeup

4. Scrooge cry

5. Prepares for war

6. One might be found in a club

7. Opposite of ENE

8. “Give ___ shot!”

9. Sonic the Hedgehog's company

10. It’s human

11. Comes clean

12. Insect in a biblical plague

13. Colorful flowering shrub

14. Salon option

15. “Her” director Spike

16. Wear down

17. Flair

18. Figure skating category

24. Sports shockers

30. Wobble

31. __ Fideles

33. Outdoors, in a script: Abbr.

34. “Bei ___ Bist Du Schön” (Andrews Sisters hit)

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42. More extensive

44. Found on the dial

47. Contacted online

49. Energy revivers

50. “The odds ___ your favor”

51. Spica’s constellation

52. Dinosaur character in Nintendo games

55. Intricately decorated

57. Steakhouse orders

58. __ my pleasure!

59. Took in

60. Ski lift component

62. Folly

65. Line dance

66. "Relax!"

67. Fiber for ropes and rugs

69. __ Fables

70. Bill in a bar

73. Bone, in Bologna

75. Antagonist “at the Copa”

76. Accrued

78. Teeming

79. Sweet-talker

80. Events where animals may make some fast bucks?

82. One of Alcott’s March sisters

83. Upscale hotel brand

84. Omani money

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100. Drive dangerously

101. Pole stars?

102. Copycats

104. Like Abel and Goliath

107. Slithery fish

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110. Foot bridge?

111. Average

112. Corrosive stuff

113. Sicilian smoker

118. Gotcha

119. P look-alike

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Strain Crossword Clue Q&A

When was Strain crossword clue used most recently?
- This clue was last seen in the April 4, 2026's WSJ Crossword.
What was the most recent answer for Strain crossword clue?
- The most recent answer for the clue is TAX
What is the 3-letter answer for Strain crossword clue?
- TAX
When has Strain crossword clue been used historically?

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