| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| TENSE | Tighten | |
| FASTEN | Tighten | |
| NARROW | Tighten | |
| FLEX | Tighten (muscles) | |
| TONES | Tighten (muscles) | |
| TIGHT | To tighten. | |
| TIGHTENED | Of Tighten | |
| TIGHTENING | Of Tighten | |
| CLAMPDOWN | Tighten up (on) | |
| SCRIMP | Tighten one's belt, financially | |
| TITAN | Tighten broadcast of fabled giant | |
| STRAITEN | To make tense, or tight; to tighten. | |
| STRETCH | To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly. | |
| WOOLDER | A stick used to tighten the rope in woolding. | |
| SWIFTER | To tighten, as slack standing rigging, by bringing the opposite shrouds nearer. | |
| KEY | To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges. | |
| SINCH | To gird with a sinch; to tighten the sinch or girth of (a saddle); as, to sinch up a sadle. | |
| BRACE | To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen; as, to brace the nerves. | |
| FRAP | To draw together; to bind with a view to secure and strengthen, as a vessel by passing cables around it; to tighten; as a tackle by drawing the lines together. | |