| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| TENSION | State of strain. |
| TENSE | In a state of strain. |
| distress | A state of physical strain, exhaustion, or, in particular, breathing difficulty |
| tensions | The state of having the muscles stretched tight, esp. as causing strain or discomfort |
| stresses | A state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances |
| autopolyploidy | the state of being an autopolyploid, an individual or strain whose chromosome complement consists of more than two complete copies of the genome of a single ancestral species |
