| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| CLENCH | Tightly close | |
| RESEAL | Close tightly again | |
| CLUTCH | To close tightly; to clinch. | |
| CLINCH | To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first. | |
| INTENSE | Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought. | |
| NIP | To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon. | |