Related Clues:

• Offensive enough to make one sound cross
• There's little give in this, but not more than average (4)
• Does one intend to be stingy to an average extent?
• There's little give in one of 13 across
• Close, but not by mistake
• Not kind of embroidery, by the sound of it
• Does one intend to be so miserly?
• Even after a century this would be not polished and rough
• Sounds like the sailors might do it and painfully without pity
• Intend this to be no more than average
• Tight-fisted, but no more so than average
• Dos this intend to be no more than average?
• So offensive that a century could not give it polish
• Intend to be miserly to an average extent
• Not precisely open-handed, but not more than average