| ___ as a drum | 13 |
| Really taut | 11 |
| Sealed snuggly | 14 |
| Plan for those with limited funds | 33 |
| Difficult place to be in | 24 |
| What Ramona wore in a 1966 Chuck Berry song | 43 |
| Use a torque wrench | 19 |
| Use a clamp, say | 16 |
| Turn a vise handle clockwise | 28 |
| Grow tense | 10 |
| Bolster, as security | 20 |
| Line position | 13 |
| Tersely edited epilogues? | 25 |
| Repaired a tourniquet | 21 |
| Prepare for lean times | 22 |
| Start an austerity program | 26 |
| Live more thriftily | 19 |
| Cut expenses | 12 |
| Uses a wrench | 13 |
| Tenses | 6 |
| Brings a boxing punch under control? | 36 |
| Make things tougher (on) | 24 |
| Make stricter | 13 |
| "Get ready for hard times" | 36 |
| "Get ready for hard times!" | 37 |
| ''Times are getting tougher . . .'' | 51 |
| More like best buds | 19 |
| More intoxicated | 16 |
| More constricting | 17 |
| Magician's command to a person tying ropes | 46 |
| Like a size 8 blouse vis-Ã -vis a size 10 | 43 |
| Comparatively stewed | 20 |
| Best, as friends | 16 |
| Like one claiming to be short, maybe | 36 |
| Autobiography of a soused romantic? | 35 |
| Fittingly, the stewbums wore... | 31 |
| In a miserly way | 16 |
| In a constricting way | 21 |
| How seatbelts should be fastened | 32 |
| Neck-and-neck election campaign | 31 |
| Hazardous locale | 16 |
| Funambulist's support | 25 |
| Dangerous place to walk | 23 |
| Acrobat's walkway, maybe | 28 |
| Well-balanced individual? | 25 |
| Mine-field inspector, maybe | 27 |
| Drunken acrobat? | 16 |
| Things that are hard to walk on, and this puzzle's theme | 60 |
| Ballet wear | 11 |
| Attire under a tutu | 19 |
| Circus wear | 11 |
| Body suit | 9 |
| Ballerina's garment | 23 |
| Acrobat's hose | 18 |
| Hoofer's garb | 17 |
| High-wire attire | 16 |
| Gymnasts' garb | 18 |
| Garment worn by dancers under leg warmers | 41 |
| Dancer's hose | 17 |
| Ballerina wear | 14 |
| Acrobat's wear | 18 |
| Acrobat's apparel | 21 |
| They may be broken in | 21 |
| Popular pants in the '70s | 29 |
| Tipsy gym helper? | 17 |
| What a "packed to the gills" subway car might be | 58 |
| Finishing by the deadline, sometimes | 36 |
| PaSSageway, at times | 20 |
| Scrooge for one | 16 |
| Not a big spender | 17 |
| Drunk flamingo? | 15 |
| Miserly hug? | 12 |
| Company that makes Bed Head hair products | 41 |
| Large cat hybrid | 16 |
| Offspring of a male tiger and female lion | 41 |
| Jungle hybrid | 13 |
| Cat cross | 9 |
| Sorta-striped feline hybrids | 28 |
| Opel car model | 14 |
| Feline in un jardin zoologique | 30 |
| Word for Clemenceau | 19 |
| Un gato grande | 14 |
| Panthère relative | 20 |
| Name for Clemenceau | 19 |
| Le ___ (Clemenceau) | 19 |
| Jungle cat, in Spanish | 22 |
| Jungla animal | 13 |
| French zoo animal | 17 |
| Epithet for Clemenceau | 22 |
| Clemenceau's moniker, with "le" | 45 |
| Clemenceau's epithet | 24 |
| City NW of Buenos Aires | 23 |
| Big striped cat, in Spain | 25 |
| Big gato | 8 |
| Big cat, to Mimi | 16 |
| Big cat, in Córdoba | 22 |
| Argentine resort | 16 |
| Paris zoo animals | 17 |
| Violent woman | 13 |
| Striped female feline | 21 |