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Answer for the clue "One imposing stretch is clear about 17 ", 9 letters:
tensioner

Word definitions for tensioner in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A tensioner is a device that applies a force to create or maintain tension . The force may be applied parallel to, as in the case of a hydraulic bolt tensioner, or perpendicular to, as in the case of a spring-loaded bicycle chain tensioner, the tension ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any device that maintains or applies tension

Usage examples of tensioner.

Several tight spirals by Grenier brought them near enough to a stale position that Quantrill could ease off the cable tensioner and hit the quick-release when his feet neared the rank grass that invaded from nearby prairies.

I failed - I'm not patient enough - but I learned some of the technique and the names of the picks: the half-round and round feelers, the rakes and diamonds and double diamonds, the readers, extractors, mailboxes, flat levers and tensioners, circulars and points.