Possible Clues:

• Not spending money to catch Queen? Tough!
• Tough and mean boxing king
• Mean to confine flower that's fibrous
• Ropy
• Like some tough meat
• Mean to keep run tough
• Tall, wiry, thin
• Mean to keep recipe for such poor-quality meat
• Forming strands that are unattractively thin
• Installing phone in a beastly place can be tough!