| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| TENSE | Taut | |
| TIGHT | Taut | |
| TOGHT | Taut. | |
| TIGHTEST | Most taut | |
| TENSENESS | Taut feeling | |
| TIGHTEN | Make taut | |
| CRANK | Drawn taut | |
| TENSER | More taut | |
| TIGHTER | More taut | |
| TAUGHT | See Taut. | |
| TIGHTENS | Makes taut, stretches | |
| TORT | Stretched tight; taut. | |
| TIGHTROPE | Big top’s taut cable | |
| TABULATED | Taut blade arranged in columns | |
| ATRIP | Sheeted home, hoisted taut up and ready for trimming; -- said of sails. | |
| WAPP | A rope with wall knots in it with which the shrouds are set taut. | |
| TIMENOGUY | A rope carried taut between or over obstacles likely to engage or foul the running rigging in working a ship. | |