Last seen in:
- The Guardian - Quick crossword No 16,711 - Nov 27 2023
- The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 30,333 - Jun 22 2023
- New York Times - Dec 15 2022
- The Guardian - Speedy crossword No 1,418 - Dec 4 2022
- L.A. Times Daily - Nov 18 2022
- Wall Street Journal - Aug 16 2022 - Going South
- The Times - Concise - Sunday Times Concise No 1788
- L.A. Times Daily - Jan 27 2022
- The Washington Post - Jan 27 2022
- USA Today - Jul 6 2021
Related Clues:
- Apprehensive, worried
- Informally tense and nervous
- Subjected to strain or emphasised.
- Stretched very tight
- Nervous and tense
- Nervous or tense
- Worried, not confident
- Anxious, nervous
- Emphasised
- Tense and irritable, with nerves stretched
- Anxious, restless
- Anxious, uneasy
- Strained or emphasised
- Thus lies the head that wears the crown
- Shakespeare: ` `...... lies the head that wears a crown' '