| Wound tighter than a drum | 25 |
| Unable to speak, perhaps | 24 |
| Topic in grammar class | 22 |
| Time indicator, of sorts | 24 |
| Temporal language element | 25 |
| Stiffen, with "up" | 28 |
| Past present or future | 23 |
| On the verge of snapping | 24 |
| Needing a massage, say | 22 |
| Needing a massage, maybe | 24 |
| Linguist's subject | 22 |
| Like sudden-death playoffs | 26 |
| Like sudden-death overtimes | 27 |
| Like a tie game in overtime | 27 |
| Like a close game, usually | 26 |
| It may be past or present | 25 |
| In need of a neck rub, maybe | 28 |
| In need of a massage, perhaps | 29 |
| In need of a massage, maybe | 27 |
| Grammatical time setter | 23 |
| Can be past or present | 22 |
| A nervous rocker is this | 24 |
| It may precede a fight | 22 |
| Powder-keg environment | 22 |
| Made tight, as muscles | 22 |
| In an unrelaxed manner | 22 |
| Pregnant pause, perhaps | 23 |
| Past, present and future | 24 |
| Past, present, and future | 25 |
| Past and present, e.g. | 22 |
| Tightens, with "up" | 29 |
| Present and future, e.g. | 24 |
| Past and present, for two | 25 |
| Grammarian's concerns | 25 |
| Factors in conjugation | 22 |
| Time indicators of a sort | 25 |
| Sometimes they're perfect | 29 |
| Some of them are perfect | 24 |
| Present and past, e.g. | 22 |
| Past and present for two | 25 |
| Future, present and past | 24 |
| Foreign language topic | 22 |
| Stiffen through nervousness | 27 |
| React to stage fright, maybe | 28 |
| React to a bump in the night | 28 |
| Develop stage fright, say | 25 |
| Become nervous: 2 wds. | 22 |
| Capable of being stretched | 26 |
| Capable of drawing out | 22 |
| Able to withstand stress | 24 |
| ___ strength (cohesiveness) | 27 |
| ___ strength (breaking point) | 29 |
| Spider web's abundance | 26 |
| Dramatist's device | 22 |
| Pertaining to tautness | 22 |
| They may mount or ease | 22 |
| Something stretched in gyms | 27 |
| They may stretch or tighten | 27 |
| State-of-the-art 1970s bike | 27 |
| Something to get in gear | 24 |
| Kid's present, perhaps | 26 |
| Cyclist's selection | 23 |
| Two-wheeler with gears | 22 |
| Slangy Alexander Hamilton | 25 |
| Two of these make a Jackson | 27 |
| Warbucks' sawbucks | 22 |
| One-fifth of the Union | 22 |
| 140 pounds, in Britain | 22 |
| 140 pounds to a Londoner | 24 |
| You might have a stake in it | 28 |
| Word with oxygen or pup | 23 |
| Backpacker's quarters | 25 |
| Thing to have a stake in | 24 |
| Place for a revival, perhaps | 28 |
| Outdoor wedding rental | 22 |
| Outdoor canvas shelter | 22 |
| One up all night at camp? | 25 |
| It may be pitched and struck | 28 |
| It has a fly for a door | 23 |
| Dwelling in a Valentino film | 28 |
| Caterpillar's structure | 27 |
| Caterpillar construction | 24 |
| Camper's temporary home | 27 |
| Camper's home, perhaps | 26 |
| Boy Scout's shelter | 23 |
| Backpacker's burden | 23 |
| "Dumbo" structure | 27 |
| Zuccotti Park covering | 22 |
| Word after oxygen or pup | 24 |
| Weekend-long festival need | 26 |
| Wedding-reception rental | 24 |
| Wedding reception rental | 24 |
| Summer-theater enclosure | 24 |
| Summer theater, at times | 24 |
| Structure with pegs and poles | 29 |
| Spot for a Mongol's meals | 29 |
| Shelter that's pitched | 26 |
| Shelter that gets pitched | 25 |
| Shelter secured with stakes | 27 |
| Shelter for roughing it | 23 |