The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ANNEAL which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1985.
Strengthen and temper crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ANNEAL | 100 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Strengthen and temper
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- anneal
- tone
- frame
- fret
- fretfulness
- fretting
- gird
- curb
- curbing
- batten
- comfort
- comforted
Crossword Answer definitions
ANNEAL noun- An act of annealing.
- To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
- To cool glass slowly, to minimize internal stress.
- To burn colors onto a glass or other surface.
- To make a double-stranded nucleic acid by pairing a single strand with a complementary strand.
- To strengthen or harden.
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