Crossword Clue:

A contraction of

Answer	Crossword Clue
SHORTFOR	A contraction of
TIC	Contraction of a sort
SPASM	Involuntary contraction of a muscle.

NOREAST	Contraction of a compass point.
SYSTOLIC	Of a contraction of the heart.
TWAS	Contraction at the start of a sentence
TIS	Poetic contraction usually at the start of a line
TIS	A contraction.
ARENT	A common contraction.
NEER	A poetic contraction
TWAS	A poetic contraction

EEN	Contraction missing a V
NEER	Contraction missing a V
THEYLL	Contraction involving a group
WHOLL	Contraction that's a question
NOMAAM	Refusal with a contraction
SYSTOLIC	Having a rhythmically recurrent contraction
OER	Contraction in a patriotic song
TIS	Contraction in a Christmas song

BOSN	Familiar contraction for a petty officer.
INTAKE	Contraction in a tube or pipe.
OER	Contraction that sounds like a conjunction
HASNT	Contraction with "a prayer" or "a clue"
WERE	Contraction that's also a past-tense verb
ILL	Word that may or may not be a contraction
WERE	Word that may or may not be a contraction
TINA	Girl's name that becomes a contraction when its first and last letters are switched

AINT	Contraction of sorts
NIL	Contraction of nihil
MAYVE	Contraction of uncertainty
WONT	Contraction of refusal
SYSTOLE	Contraction of the heart
EGMA	Humorous contraction of enigma.
SYSTOLE	Contraction of the heart.
AMNT	Contraction of "am not."

AINT	Common contraction of sorts
AINT	Negative contraction of sorts
DEL	Spanish contraction meaning "of the"
SYSTOLE	Natural contraction of the heart.
MIOSIS	Excessive contraction of the pupil