Possible Clues:

• Person who hoards money
• Scrooge, e.g.
• Mean one might be able to be so sad?
• That will happen to be the end of the contest
• A tender lover
• Chap offering no opening for treats?
• He keeps far too much to himself
• One's tight mittens itch severely, each rubbing for starters
• Marner, for one
• The more he puts away, the tighter he gets