| It might precede corner, lipped or wad |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
27 Jul 2025 |
| Ungenerous when tipsy (5) |
|
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| It is mean to be closely fought (5) |
|
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| Disinclined to spend |
|
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| Taut; stingy |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Jul 2025 |
| Too close-fitting to be well oiled (5) |
|
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| Odd thing that fastened (5) |
|
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| Constricted |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Jul 2025 |
| Mean to get wasted |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Jul 2025 |
| Too close-fitting(5) |
|
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| Constricted |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 Jun 2025 |
| Drunk reluctant to part with money |
|
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| Stingy (5) |
Puzzler |
15 Jun 2025 |
| Close-fitting |
Puzzler Backwords |
29 May 2025 |
| Drunk held firmly |
|
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| Close to being drunk (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
13 May 2025 |
| Tensely stretched |
The Times Concise |
06 May 2025 |
| Like BFFs |
Wall Street Journal |
03 May 2025 |
| Close-fitting garment for one leg? (5) |
|
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| Hard to unscrew, though well oiled (5) |
|
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| Needing to relax, having drunk too much (5) |
|
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| Close-fitting |
Mirror Classic |
22 Apr 2025 |
| Inebriated but not relaxed (5) |
|
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| Drunk; as was Scrooge |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
10 Apr 2025 |
| Close to being squiffy (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
07 Apr 2025 |
| Either loaded or with nothing in it! (5) |
|
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| Close-run |
|
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| The sort of fit Scrooge would be? (5) |
|
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| Miserly/Secure (5) |
|
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| Loaded but stingy (5) |
|
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| Stingy when drunk? (5) |
|
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| Needing to relax when pressed for money (5) |
|
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| Relatively hard to obtain (5) |
|
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| Drunk held closely (5) |
|
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| Is it mean to be so tipsy? (5) |
|
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| Mean to investigate Guy's Hospital Trust, initially (5) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
23 Feb 2025 |
| Mean rowing coach? (5) |
|
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| Takes the chair when inebriated and stays put! (4,5) |
|
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| Tipsy performer who's stranded when moving in midair? (5-4,6) |
|
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| Showing you"ve put on weight, having been drinking too much (5) |
|
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| Too close-fitting (5) |
|
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| When drunk, it's different to get close (5) |
|
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| Tense, having little scope for movement (5) |
|
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| Though sozzled, not slack (5) |
|
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| Like spandex and skinny jeans |
|
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| As line should be in zig rig fishing (5) |
|
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| Intoxicated, mean & cramped (5) |
|
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| Mean with money when it's hard to come by (5) |
|
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| Form-fitting |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Nov 2024 |
| One is too concise to be intoxicated (5) |
|
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| Drunk not willing to buy everyone drinks? |
The Times Cryptic |
22 Nov 2024 |
| On having departed this evening, stretched |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
13 Nov 2024 |
| Cramped |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Nov 2024 |
| Getting drunk can be difficult (5) |
|
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| Is squiffy, and mean with it (5) |
|
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| Like best friends |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Nov 2024 |
| Get drunk fast (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
29 Oct 2024 |
| Securely fastened |
Mirror Quick |
29 Oct 2024 |
| Boozed; bunched (5) |
|
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| Miserly when drunk |
|
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| Close-fitting, a...singlet |
|
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| Very close to inebriated? (5) |
|
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| There's not much room to move when one's tipsy (5) |
|
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| Having over-indulged, fast (5) |
|
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| Hit out at GT for being intoxicated (5) |
|
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| Mean abstainer catching the first part of 'Hey Joe' flipped (5) |
|
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| Firmly stretched (5) |
|
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| Gets mean when under the influence (5) |
|
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| Very snug (Not 10 ACROSS) (5) |
|
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| Taut(5) |
|
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| Highly restricted |
Newsday |
24 Aug 2024 |
| Like a busy person's schedule |
|
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| Pretty drunk (5) |
|
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| Constricted |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Aug 2024 |
| Mean to get drunk |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Aug 2024 |
| Snug, as jeans |
|
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| Form-fitting |
Newsday |
14 Aug 2024 |
| Compact |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Aug 2024 |
| Drunk to touch heart after diverting attention |
|
|
| Being high, it rhymes with 'height' (5) |
|
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| Constricted |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Jun 2024 |
| Very fitting description of a drunkard (5) |
|
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| Intoxicated but far from relaxed (5) |
|
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| Miserly |
Mirror Tea Time |
22 Jun 2024 |
| Strict on cast this evening (5) |
|
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| Very close to being drunk |
|
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| One over the eight, allowing one no freedom of movement (5) |
|
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| Mean it's neck and neck (5) |
|
|
| But not too mean to get drunk? (5) |
|
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| Close to being like a miser's wad (5) |
|
|
| Snug-fitting |
Commuter |
01 Jun 2024 |
| But not too mean to get merry? |
|
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| Suffering from lack of money, but drunk (5) |
|
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| Not easily obtainable - too closely held (5) |
|
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| Not easily obtainable ___ too closely held (5) |
|
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| Mean - and drunk (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
24 May 2024 |
| Mean a and drunk (5) |
|
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| Miserly |
Mirror Tea Time |
22 May 2024 |
| Mean and drunk, but not loose at least! (5) |
|
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| Initially this is generally held to close (5) |
|
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| Very firm spaghetti cooked without peas (5) |
|
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| Close-fitting or close-fisted? (5) |
|
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| Too small and high (5) |
|
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| Close game, nothing less than hot (5) |
|
|
| Taut |
Mirror Classic |
10 May 2024 |
| Not working during this evening -- getting pickled |
|
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| Mean when drunk (5) |
|
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| Offensive position in American football (5) |
|
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| Like an inflated blood pressure cuff |
LA Times Daily |
30 Apr 2024 |
| The right rhyme for sozzled (5) |
|
|
| Strictly imposed |
|
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| Intoxicated in snug? |
|
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| Fairly drunk, tipsy (5) |
|
|
| Mean drunk in snug |
|
|
| Close-fitting |
Newsday |
01 Apr 2024 |
| Needing to relax, having imbibed too freely (5) |
|
|
| Closely fitting |
|
|
| Close-fitting |
Puzzler Backwords |
14 Mar 2024 |
| Drunk unwilling to pay for a round? (5) |
|
|
| Most tights live up to their name! |
|
|
| Hard to undo; drunk |
|
|
| A size too small (pants, e.g.) (5) |
|
|
| Fast to get under the influence (5) |
|
|
| Difficult being merry |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
28 Feb 2024 |
| Mean it's not big enough (5) |
|
|
| Mean with money |
|
|
| Getting drunk is not free |
|
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| Inebriated, but certainly not relaxed (5) |
|
|
| Strict control of one who is over the influence (5) |
|
|
| Firm close to being smashed |
|
|
| Like Scrooge when squiffy? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
17 Jan 2024 |
| Like Scrooge when squiffy? (5) |
|
|
| Fixed source of trouble correctly without introduction (5) |
|
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| For the miserly with money, very fitting (5) |
|
|
| Scarce, in short supply |
Puzzler Backwords |
31 Dec 2023 |
| Miserly, mean |
The Times Concise |
26 Dec 2023 |
| Snug |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Dec 2023 |
| Close game that's without odds? |
The Times Cryptic |
18 Dec 2023 |
| "Hang ___!" |
USA Today |
17 Dec 2023 |
| "Hang _!" |
|
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| Constrict, pull ... |
|
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| Stretched taut (5) |
|
|
| _ Spot, 1955 Ginger Rogers crime film (5) |
|
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| Miserly drunk! (5) |
|
|
| Like Swiss bank security |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Oct 2023 |
| Snug |
LA Times Daily |
22 Sep 2023 |
| ___ end, Travis Kelce's "hybrid" NFL position where players need to fulfill multiple roles |
|
|
| Skinny jeans fit, that begins and ends with the letter "T" |
|
|
| Snug, as a dress |
|
|
| Snug, as jeans |
|
|
| Loose? Far from it |
Family Time |
22 May 2023 |
| Drunk, so wished to sleep? |
The Times Cryptic |
12 May 2023 |
| ___-fitted dress (closely fitting) |
|
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| Like body-hugging clothes |
|
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| Drunk on leaving this evening |
The Times Cryptic |
18 Apr 2023 |
| ___-knit family (very close) |
|
|
| Too small, as clothes |
|
|
| Restrictive |
Newsday |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Firm on leaving later today |
The Times Cryptic |
07 Dec 2022 |
| Tense little bird hiding garish wings |
|
|
| Compact |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Nov 2022 |
| Blotto |
The Guardian Quick |
28 Oct 2022 |
| Snug-fitting |
USA Today |
08 Oct 2022 |
| Like close friends |
USA Today |
19 Sep 2022 |
| Fitting snugly |
Premier Sunday |
10 Jul 2022 |
| Soused with short hose |
The Times Cryptic |
01 Jul 2022 |
| Taut |
The Guardian Quick |
28 Jun 2022 |
| Close-fitting |
Universal |
09 Jun 2022 |
| Penny-pinching firm |
|
|
| Penny-pinching firm |
The Guardian Cryptic |
08 Jun 2022 |
| Firmly fastened |
The Times Concise |
15 Apr 2022 |
| Mean to get drunk |
The Times Cryptic |
16 Mar 2022 |
| Drunk; tense |
The Times Concise |
09 Mar 2022 |
| Mean to get one over the eight |
The Times Cryptic |
10 Jan 2022 |
| Really close |
USA Today |
01 Dec 2021 |
| Hard to move; drunk |
The Times Concise |
30 Nov 2021 |
| Mean to get sloshed |
The Times Cryptic |
15 Nov 2021 |
| Firm’s short stockings |
The Times Cryptic |
27 Oct 2021 |
| Having had a few, unlikely to buy a round |
|
|
| Drunk |
The Guardian Quick |
13 Oct 2021 |
| Miserly or blotto |
Irish Times Simplex |
09 Oct 2021 |
| Snug thing that regularly gets used |
|
|
| Drunk |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Aug 2021 |
| Later in the day not on being drunk |
The Telegraph Toughie |
01 Jul 2021 |
| Without room to spare |
Wall Street Journal |
26 May 2021 |
| Mean to get sloshed |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 May 2021 |
| Constricted |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 May 2021 |
| Awkward drunk |
|
|
| Snug, as jeans |
|
|
| Local drunk has a habit of going missing when it's his round presumably |
Irish Times Crosaire |
14 Jan 2021 |
| Like security at Swiss banks |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Dec 2020 |
| Constricted |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Nov 2020 |
| Drunk reluctant to buy round? |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Nov 2020 |
| Taut; stingy |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 Oct 2020 |
| Like close friends |
Universal |
03 Sep 2020 |
| Drunk |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Jul 2020 |
| Close lit up |
|
|
| Drunk, pretty even |
The Telegraph Toughie |
19 May 2020 |
| Like jeans that are too small, say |
|
|
| Drunk reluctant to buy round |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Apr 2020 |
| Firmly fastened; drunk |
The Times Concise |
16 Mar 2020 |
| Not giving much out, like Spooner's torch? |
|
|
| Close firm |
|
|
| Like some skinny jeans |
|
|
| Overly frugal |
Newsday |
05 Jan 2020 |
| Hard to undo or open |
Irish Times Simplex |
28 Nov 2019 |
| Close-fitting; tense |
The Times Concise |
26 Nov 2019 |
| Cramped under the table |
|
|
| Fast way to get drunk |
|
|
| Strained, pickled, sealed |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Nov 2019 |
| Stingy; drunk |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Oct 2019 |
| Miserly or blotto |
Irish Times Simplex |
20 Aug 2019 |
| Penny-pinching |
USA Today |
26 Jul 2019 |
| Like BFFs |
New York Times |
09 Jun 2019 |
| Too small to be comfy |
Newsday |
02 Jun 2019 |
| Drunk in snug? |
|
|
| Form-fitting |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Jan 2019 |
| Girl going in to beat up a little troublesome drunk |
|
|
| Penny-pinching |
|
|
| Like BFFs |
|
|
| Mean; drunk |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Dec 2018 |
| "It's a ___-knit community." (closely integrated) |
|
|
| Snug |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Nov 2018 |
| Taut |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Nov 2018 |
| Strained time immediately following leader's ousting |
|
|
| Tied snugly |
The Washington Post |
08 Oct 2018 |
| ___-knit family (sharing a good bonding) |
|
|
| Difficult time with deliveries going missing in oversight |
The Telegraph Toughie |
10 Aug 2018 |
| Before 19, 21 down regularly gets squiffy |
|
|
| Drunk unwilling to buy a round of drinks? |
|
|
| Mean to get drunk |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Jun 2018 |
| Mean firm |
|
|
| Snug, as jeans |
|
|
| Tipsy |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Mar 2018 |
| Mean to get drunk |
|
|
| Penny-pinching drunk |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
28 Feb 2018 |
| Mean firm |
|
|
| Cramped |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Feb 2018 |
| Tied snugly |
|
|
| Penny-pinching |
Universal |
15 Oct 2017 |
| Close firm |
|
|
| Snug-fitting |
Premier Sunday |
02 Apr 2017 |
| Trim short leggings |
|
|
| Stretched most of nether garments |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
04 Feb 2017 |
| Constricted |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Jan 2017 |
| Penny-pinching |
|
|
| Too small, possibly |
New York Times |
30 Dec 2016 |
| Like jeggings |
LA Times Daily |
23 Oct 2016 |
| A ____ corner |
Canadiana |
19 Sep 2016 |
| Like best buds |
New York Times |
18 Aug 2016 |
| How we're urged to sleep, being half seas over? |
|
|
| Two sizes too small |
Universal |
27 Jun 2016 |
| Close-fitting |
The Washington Post |
18 May 2016 |
| Close-fitting |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 May 2016 |
| Like skinny jeans |
New York Times |
30 Mar 2016 |
| To be miserly is very restrictive |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Feb 2016 |
| Two sizes too small |
|
|
| Like best buds |
|
|
| Like jeggings |
|
|
| Too small, possibly |
|
|
| Beyond merely snug |
The Washington Post |
17 Dec 2015 |
| High power time out for Mike |
|
|
| Stingy |
The Washington Post |
18 Nov 2015 |
| Close, compact |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Nov 2015 |
| Snug, like a miser |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Nov 2015 |
| Intimate, as friends |
Universal |
29 Oct 2015 |
| Secretive; drunk |
The Times Concise |
08 Sep 2015 |
| With 119-Down, position Mike Ditka played |
Premier Sunday |
12 Jul 2015 |
| A size too small |
Universal |
22 Jun 2015 |
| Mean drunk? |
|
|
| Parsimonious drunk |
|
|
| Too small |
Universal |
12 May 2015 |
| Like the best of friends |
New York Times |
07 Mar 2015 |
| With 47-Across, some receivers |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jan 2015 |
| Heads of taskforce investigating Grimsby Hospitals Trust reluctant to spend money |
|
|
| See 5-Across |
New York Times |
21 Jan 2015 |
| Opposite of loose |
Family Time |
19 Jan 2015 |
| Like the best of friends |
|
|
| Intimate, as friends |
|
|
| Too small |
|
|
| With 119-Down, position Mike Ditka played |
|
|
| A size too small |
|
|
| See 5-Across |
|
|
| With 47-Across, some receivers |
|
|
| Beyond merely snug |
|
|
| Stingy |
|
|
| Awkward drunk |
|
|
| Drunk in snug |
|
|
| Close-fitting |
|
|
| Formfitting |
|
|
| Like spandex |
|
|
| Snug |
|
|
| Too small, clothing-wise |
|
|
| Lacking slack |
|
|
| A size too small |
|
|
| Restrictive |
|
|
| Inebriated |
|
|
| Two sizes too small |
|
|
| Tour bus conditions |
|
|
| Like best friends |
|
|
| Not working this evening? Get drunk |
|
|
| Like some schedules |
|
|
| Snug, as jeans |
|
|
| Snug, as jeans |
|
|
| Snug, as jeans |
|
|
| Very friendly (with) |
|
|
| Close, as friends |
|
|
| Penny-pinching |
|
|
| Cheap |
|
|
| Like good friends |
|
|
| Close, as a race |
|
|
| Like a skinflint |
|
|
| ___ as a drum |
|
|
| Intimate, as friends |
|
|
| Close, as friends |
|
|
| Too snug |
|
|
| Close |
|
|
| Intimate |
|
|
| Too small, as clothing |
|
|
| Intimate |
|
|
| Closely constrained |
|
|
| In need of altering, perhaps |
|
|
| In need of altering, perhaps |
|
|
| Cramped |
|
|
| Nip and tuck |
|
|
| Way to sleep? |
|
|
| Constraining |
|
|
| Constricted |
|
|
| Like close friends |
|
|
| Stingy |
|
|
| Like close friends |
|
|
| Like close friends |
|
|
| Snug |
|
|
| Snug |
|
|
| Too small, as pants |
|
|
| Too small, as pants |
|
|
| Overly frugal |
|
|
| Lacking slack |
|
|
| Penny-pinching |
|
|
| Too snug |
|
|
| Penny-pinching |
|
|
| Parsimonious |
|
|
| Intimate, as friends |
|
|
| Lacking slack |
|
|
| Affording no leeway |
|
|
| Concise |
|
|
| Mean to get sloshed |
|
|
| Miserly |
|
|
| Nip and tuck |
|
|
| Nearly even, as a race |
|
|
| Nearly even, as a race |
|
|
| Mean to get one over the eight |
|
|
| Miserly |
|
|
| Intimate, as friends |
|
|
| Sloshed |
|
|
| Reluctant to part with a buck |
|
|
| Constricting |
|
|
| Miserly |
|
|
| Very snug |
|
|
| Penurious |
|
|
| Cramped |
|
|
| Packed closely |
|
|
| Niggardly |
|
|
| Miserly |
|
|
| Stingy |
|
|
| Compact |
|
|
| Parsimonious |
|
|
| Snug |
|
|
| Cheap |
|
|
| Kind of wad |
|
|
| Firmly fixed |
|
|
| Close: Colloq. |
|
|
| Scanty, as money |
|
|
| Word for some budgets |
|
|
| Compact. |
|
|
| Scarce in relation to demand. |
|
|
| Restrictive. |
|
|
| Secure. |
|
|
| Evenly contested |
|
|
| Seaworthy. |
|
|
| Close-fitting. |
|
|
| Firm. |
|
|