Miserly, mean (6)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">This clue is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">miserly</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that miserly can be written as tight)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">mean</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(both can mean miserly)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for tight that I've seen before include "Trim" , "Sozzled; mean" , "Penny-pinching" , "Unlikely to be choosing the present" , "Mean; firmly fixed" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">miserly</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(similar in meaning)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">mean</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(both can mean miserly)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for stingy that I've seen before include "Zola cocotte; Darlings' dog (Barrie)" , "Parsimonious like nettle?" , "Mean, parsimonious - ouch?" , "Mean and grudging" , "Patch of nettles is" .)