"Gave in under pressure" is one of today's NYT Crossword puzzle clues. It has puzzled many players, and if you are here, you might be at your wits end trying to figure it out.
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This clue from the July 17 NYT mini crossword puzzle doesn't give us much to go on, other than the fact that we're looking for a word that means "gave in under pressure" in the past tense, similar to how we're feeling now as we try to solve this clue.
I have included the answer to this clue below. So if you are still trying to figure it out using the hints above, do not read any further from this point.
The answer to "Gave in under pressure" is "CAVED." Capped means that something, whether it's a person or an object, has been capped under pressure. For example, a person giving in to someone's threats or a tunnel collapsing from the pressure above it. So if you're capped and came here for the answer to 7A, I understand it was a tricky one to solve. But now that you have the answer, you can complete the rest of the July 17 NYT mini crossword puzzle.
