Like some nerves and strings Crossword Clue

• Lacking slack

  New York Times · Saturday, August 22, 2026 · 4 letters

• Like an archer's bowstring before a shot

  New York Times · Tuesday, March 24, 2026 · 4 letters

• Full of tension

  New York Times · Sunday, August 31, 2025 · 4 letters

• Completely stretched

  New York Times · Monday, July 28, 2025 · 4 letters

• Not slack

  New York Times · Tuesday, June 18, 2024 · 4 letters

• Like a tightrope, ideally

  New York Times · Tuesday, March 5, 2024 · 4 letters

• Stretched tight

  New York Times · Monday, January 8, 2024 · 4 letters

• Like a tug-of-war rope

  New York Times · Sunday, February 13, 2022 · 4 letters

• Opposite of relaxed

  New York Times · Saturday, October 30, 2021 · 4 letters

• Opposite of loose

  New York Times · Monday, September 20, 2021 · 4 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 16-Across Attendee who's not on the guest list
• 17-Across Took advantage of a situation, so to speak
• 18-Across Presented to, as for approval
• 19-Across Tolerate
• 20-Across Pride : lion :: gaggle : ___
• 22-Down Salt Lake Valley people
• 23-Down Appliance with a door and a crumb tray
• 24-Across Come clean, with "up"
• 24-Down Moochers
• 25-Down ___ sauce (Japanese condiment)
• 26-Across Preceding
• 26-Down Source of zest