Tax muscles before painful swelling ensues — Crossword Clue
Stuck on the 7–letter crossword clue “Tax muscles before painful swelling ensues”? This page covers its appearance in Guardian Cryptic on 20th Sept 2011. You can reveal the answer at your pace — one letter at a time or the whole word in one go. We also provide helpful extras where available: an AI-generated hint, a dictionary definition, other clues that share the same answer, and a jumbled-letters view for quick anagramming.
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The answer to “Tax muscles before painful swelling ensues” is ABSCESS (7 letters).
We last saw “Tax muscles before painful swelling ensues” in Guardian Cryptic on 20th Sept 2011.
The 7-letter answer for “Tax muscles before painful swelling ensues” is ABSCESS.
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