| Factors in conjugation | 22 |
| Becomes edgy | 12 |
| Will can change them | 20 |
| Verbal inflections | 18 |
| Time indicators of a sort | 25 |
| They may be perfect | 19 |
| Steels | 6 |
| Sometimes they're perfect | 29 |
| Some of them are perfect | 24 |
| Shows distress | 14 |
| Present and the like | 20 |
| Present and past, e.g. | 22 |
| Present and imperfect | 21 |
| Prepares for a blow | 19 |
| Pluperfect and others | 21 |
| Pluperfect and future | 21 |
| Past, perfect, etc. | 19 |
| Past, future et al. | 19 |
| Past and present for two | 25 |
| Past and future, e.g. | 21 |
| Language class lesson | 21 |
| Grammatical forms | 17 |
| Future, present and past | 24 |
| French subjects? | 16 |
| Foreign language topic | 22 |
| Conjugation concerns | 20 |
| Causes strain | 13 |
| Becomes rigid | 13 |
| Most uptight | 12 |
| Most wound up | 13 |
| Most up-tight | 13 |
| Most likely to crack | 20 |
| Most edgy | 9 |
| Most anxious | 12 |
| Reacts to the awkwardness in the room, perhaps | 46 |
| Stressed pups? | 14 |
| Tighten | 7 |
| Show nerves, in a way | 21 |
| Get rigid | 9 |
| Stiffen through nervousness | 27 |
| Show nerves | 11 |
| React to stage fright, maybe | 28 |
| React to a bump in the night | 28 |
| Develop stage fright, say | 25 |
| Become nervous: 2 wds. | 22 |
| What Nadia Comaneci gave her Olympic opponents? | 47 |
| D&D game pieces | 19 |
| Capable of being stretched | 26 |
| Type of strength | 16 |
| Like strength measured in stretchiness | 38 |
| Like bridge cables | 18 |
| Extendible | 10 |
| Capable of drawing out | 22 |
| Able to withstand stress | 24 |
| ___ strength (cohesiveness) | 27 |
| ___ strength (breaking point) | 29 |
| ___ strength | 12 |
| Spider web's abundance | 26 |
| Gas-pressure gauge | 18 |
| Making taut | 11 |
| Getting wound up | 16 |
| Becoming tight | 14 |
| Imitating Tom Turkey before Thanksgiving? | 41 |
| Tautness | 8 |
| Latent hostility | 16 |
| Tight feeling | 13 |
| Modern-day affliction | 21 |
| Headache source | 15 |
| Feature of a good action flick | 30 |
| Excitement in the air | 21 |
| Dramatist's device | 22 |
| Drama has it | 12 |
| Pertaining to tautness | 22 |
| Taut rope? | 10 |
| High anxiety locales? | 21 |
| Causes of stress | 16 |
| They may mount or ease | 22 |
| They may mount | 14 |
| Stretching quality | 18 |
| Taut quality | 12 |
| Muscle that stretches | 21 |
| Tightening muscle | 17 |
| Something stretched in gyms | 27 |
| Muscle that tightens | 20 |
| Muscle for stretching | 21 |
| Flexor's muscle counterpart | 31 |
| Tightening muscles | 18 |
| Stretching muscles | 18 |
| They may stretch or tighten | 27 |
| Type of two-wheeler | 19 |
| State-of-the-art 1970s bike | 27 |
| Sort of bicycle | 15 |
| Something to get in gear | 24 |
| Schwinn product | 15 |
| Racing bike | 11 |
| Kid's present, perhaps | 26 |
| Cyclist's selection | 23 |
| Bike variety | 12 |
| Two-wheeler with gears | 22 |
| Some messages are delivered on them | 35 |