The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word NIGGARD
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result NIGGARD
- Daughter raging about a stingy customer
- Miser moving slowly along, briefly upset
- . Scrooge endlessly drawing back
- Going on and on endlessly about mean individual
- Almost pulling up tightwad
- Skinflint needs pullin’ up
- Yank with alcohol keeled over – one’s tight
- Scrooge briefly pulling up
- Return of tedious person with drink, but he won’t get a round
- Yank taking booze back. He’s very tight
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The straight part
We know that "one’s tight" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case one’s tight = niggard.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does NIGGARD mean?
NIGGARD noun- A miser or stingy person; a skinflint.
- A false bottom in a grate, used for saving fuel.
- To hoard; to act stingily.
- Sparing; stinting; parsimonious.
- Miserly or stingy.