Clues for the word "TIGHTEN"
We've had 34 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 42 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Your Life Choices crossword on February 11, 2026.
Definition of tighten
- v. t. - To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.
Referring Clues
- Use a clamp, say
- Turn a vise handle clockwise
- Secure, in a way
- Contract
- Take up the slack
- Constrict
- Constrain
- Wind up
- Use a torque wrench
- Bolster, as security
- Turn to the right, say?
- Squeeze
- Make more secure or tense
- Become more tense
- Screw up
- Apply increased tension or security
- Make more strict
- Reportedly giant contract
- Adjust with spanner
- Pull in when gent gets hit badly
- Pull in drunken English nobleman originally
- Merry men, without a leader, screw up
- Screw up till you hear the giant?
- Make more secure near short close
- Make fast
- Tauten
- Make more constrictive
- Make taut
- Make stricter
- Turn right, say
- Make more restrictive
- Make less loose
- Turn clockwise, as a screw
- Get thin exercising and pull the belt in a notch
Last Seen In
- Your Life Choices - February 11, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - October 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 30, 2025
- Your Life Choices - April 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 27, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - January 11, 2025
- Your Life Choices - December 16, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - March 29, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - March 21, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - January 13, 2024
- Your Life Choices - December 03, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - November 08, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - September 28, 2023
- Your Life Choices - February 01, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - January 16, 2023
- New York Times - December 12, 2022
- New Zealand Herald - September 29, 2022
- USA Today - August 11, 2022
- Mindfood Daily - December 13, 2017
- Your Life Choices - June 10, 2017
- LA Times - May 21, 2015
- Guardian Quick - April 26, 2014
- Wall Street Journal - June 07, 2013
- Canadiana - December 17, 2012
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - July 24, 2012
- New York Times - May 23, 2012
- Guardian Quiptic - November 21, 2011
- Guardian Quick - April 04, 2011
- LA Times - July 25, 2010
- And in 12 more crossword puzzles...