Tightness somehow not on critics (12)
I believe the answer is:
constriction
'tightness' is the definition.
(I know that tightness can be written as constriction)
'somehow not on critics' is the wordplay.
'somehow' is an anagram indicator.
'not'+'on'+'critics'='notoncritics'
'notoncritics' anagrammed gives 'CONSTRICTION'.
I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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