The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TENSION
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More clues leading to the result TENSION
- What can bring butterflies: no net is used
- Strain is back in part of joint
- Suspense is rising in joint
- A number working across one's back for stiffness
- Anxiety is rising in one part of joint
- Is No. 10 written off? It’s stress
- Stressful feelings that may be on the surface
- Anxiety? One isn’t flustered
- Etonians managed without a worry
- ‘Unstable’ no. 10 is causing stress
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The straight part
We know that "stress" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case stress = tension.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TENSION mean?
TENSION noun- The condition of being held in a state between two or more forces, which are acting in opposition to each other.
- Psychological state of being tense.
- A feeling of nervousness, excitement, or fear that is created in a movie, book, etc.; suspense.
- State of an elastic object which is stretched in a way which increases its length.
- Force transmitted through a rope, string, cable, or similar object (used with prepositions on, in, or of, e.g., "The tension in the cable is 1000 N", to convey that the same magnitude of force applies to objects attached to both ends).
- Voltage. Usually only the terms low tension, high tension, and extra-high tension, and the abbreviations LT, HT, and EHT are used. They are not precisely defined; LT is normally a few volts, HT a few hundreds of volts, and EHT thousands of volts.
- To place an object in tension, to pull or place strain on.