Certain muscle
The crossword clue "Certain muscle" is answered by TENSOR, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TENSOR
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TENSOR answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for TENSOR
Every other clue in this collection answered by TENSOR, most used first.
- Stretching muscle - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
- Tightening muscle - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Make certain - ENSURE, used 99 times
- Make certain - ASSURE, used 35 times
- Most certain - SUREST, used 32 times
- Muscle-bone connector - TENDON, used 24 times
- Muscle connector - TENDON, used 17 times
- Certain Muslim - SHIITE, used 16 times
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