Tightly wound, maybe Crossword Clue

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TENSE

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

WOUND (noun)
1. a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
2. an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
WOUND (verb)
1. hurt the feelings of
2. cause injuries or bodily harm to
WOUND (adjective)
1. put in a coil
MAYBE (adverb)
1. by chance

Hint 2: Other Answers Used in the Past

TENSE
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More NYT Crossword (6/30/2026) Answers

Across

1. Professional wrestler's takedown

5. Halt, to a horse

9. "You've ___ this!"

12. Business-casual tops worn in the summer

14. Devout

15. Beatles compilation album with 27 chart-topping hits

16. Big name in pain relief

17. Peter ___, physicist with a field and a particle named for him

18. Anti-trafficking agcy.

19. *Knack for success

21. Makes angry, old-style

22. Reveal

23. Still on the run

25. Something grilled at a tailgating party

27. *Source of ongoing income, informally

29. Do more work on, as a farrier might

31. Slow-moving tree-dweller

32. Landscape photographer Adams

33. Green-lights

34. Surprisingly dangerous "river horse"

38. Warning before your breaking point?

40. Fund-raising drive participants

41. *Reckless motorist in "The Wind in the Willows"

45. Mothers in a flock

46. Plans (to)

47. Ctrl+V action

49. Dragon's den

50. Remarks void of meaning … and a phonetic hint to the answers to the starred clues

54. What the prefix "omni-" means

55. Easily broken

56. Ancient Greek region along the Aegean coast

57. Rolled randomizer

58. Like some martinis and jokes

59. Sweat ___

60. Sure thing

61. Workers in a colony

62. Made haste

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Down

1. Meat sold in a can

2. Showgirl at the Copacabana, in song

3. Vessel for a pub pint

4. *Where new features are released?

5. Nintendo Switch predecessor

6. "Sooooey!" and "Here, piggy, piggy!"

7. Really should

8. Total jerk

9. Suddenly cease all communication

11. Mad Hatter's collection

13. Breakaway group

14. Word after smart or flip

20. Thick book

21. *Metal lathes and drill presses

24. Printmaking process, for short

25. Supportive undergarment

26. Kylo ___ ("Star Wars" villain)

28. Extend an invitation for

30. Bygone

33. Get the better of

35. Get 40 winks in 20 minutes, say

36. Historic introduction?

37. Pre-C.I.A. spy group

39. Get a pizza delivered, perhaps

40. Historic Normandy date

41. Chivalrous address to a noblewoman

42. Bad way to get caught

43. Julia of 10 Things I Hate About You

44. In an appropriate way

48. Big gulp

51. Cherry discards

52. Break bread

53. Org. promoting responsible choices for youth

55. Medicine-approving grp.

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