CINCH
Pun Play: Did you REFUSE to give up?

My Gameplay: SWEAT, FLOCK, BIRCH, PINCH, CINCH
Good morning everyone! When I landed on FLOCK, the location of the C clued me in that the solution would most likely involve a CH suffix. The rest of the answer flowed quite easily after that. We did have repeating E’s yesterday and C’s today. Just a friendly reminder to keep it in mind while playing #403. On to tomorrow!