| Solution | Length | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 letters | ||
| nip | 3 | |
| eke | 3 | |
| hug | 3 | |
| wad | 3 | |
| rip | 3 | |
| 4 letters | ||
| cram | 4 | |
| stew | 4 | |
| take | 4 | |
| held | 4 | |
| swag | 4 | |
| eked | 4 | |
| spot | 4 | |
| urge | 4 | |
| grip | 4 | |
| rend | 4 | |
| push | 4 | |
| main | 4 | |
| till | 4 | |
| 5 letters | ||
| crush | 5 | |
| pinch | 5 | |
| spoil | 5 | |
| prize | 5 | |
| press | 5 | |
| stuff | 5 | |
| grasp | 5 | |
| clamp | 5 | |
| swamp | 5 | |
| tweak | 5 | |
| screw | 5 | |
| squab | 5 | |
| wrest | 5 | |
| wring | 5 | |
| smush | 5 | |
| exact | 5 | |
| 6 letters | ||
| snatch | 6 | |
| wrench | 6 | |
| wedged | 6 | |
| squash | 6 | |
| extort | 6 | |
| pucker | 6 | |
| scrape | 6 | |
| stifle | 6 | |
| SQUISH | 6 | |
| slough | 6 | |
| strait | 6 | |
| coerce | 6 | |
| 7 letters | ||
| express | 7 | |
| pressed | 7 | |
| extrude | 7 | |
| roll-up | 7 | |
| scrunch | 7 | |
| torture | 7 | |
| straits | 7 | |
| tighten | 7 | |
| setback | 7 | |
| 8 letters | ||
| pressure | 8 | |
| compress | 8 | |
| quagmire | 8 | |
| condense | 8 | |
| shut-off | 8 | |
| railroad | 8 | |
| shut out | 8 | |
| SOLIDIFY | 8 | |
| stealing | 8 | |
| strangle | 8 | |
| distress | 8 | |
| 9 letters | ||
| QUICKSAND | 9 | |
| tear-from | 9 | |
| restraint | 9 | |
| constrict | 9 | |
| suffocate | 9 | |
| stricture | 9 | |
| squeezing | 9 | |
| 10 letters | ||
| protection | 10 | |
| TIGHTENING | 10 | |
| resistance | 10 | |
| tight spot | 10 | |
| REPRESSION | 10 | |
| 11 letters | ||
| RESTRICTION | 11 | |
| RETARDATION | 11 | |
| predicament | 11 | |
| unholy-mess | 11 | |
| SUPPRESSION | 11 | |
| 12 letters | ||
| Stolen goods | 12 | |
| stranglehold | 12 | |
| 13 letters | ||
| public trough | 13 | |
| sticky wicket | 13 | |
| tight squeeze | 13 | |
| 14 letters | ||
| pry-loose-from | 14 | |
| 16 letters | ||
| stand in the way | 16 | |
| spoils-of-office | 16 | |