Related Clues:

• More penurious
• Less generous, meaner
• Miser compared to an average Joe
• 'A hornet,' I interjected, 'is even meaner'
• Less generous
• More tight-fisted
• Entering police speed trap, one gets nearer
• Less generous member of Wasps, say, inspires one
• More miserly, meaner
• Tigers in disarray become more mean