- KNOT
- Element of a macramé hanging
- Get hitched, perhaps?
- Board imperfection
- Clove hitch, e.g.
- Connection
- It may be square
- Sheepshank
- Tangle
- Figure eight or square
- Rock climber's figure eight, for one
- Half Windsor, e.g.
- Headphone cable condition, often
- Muscle issue
- Headphone cable headache
- My least favorite thing, when it comes to opening a brown paper package tied up with string
- The ___ (popular wedding website)
- Clove hitch or sheepshank
- Entwine
- Granny, e.g.
- Shoelace problem
- 1.85 kilometers/hour
- Back problem
- Four-in-hand, e.g.
- Masseur's target
- Puma problem
- Stomach problem
- Stomach trouble
- Uneasy feeling in the stomach
- Trucker's hitch, e.g.
- Tie part
- Masseuse's challenge
- Massuese's challenge
- Feeling of guilt
- Boater's unit
- Gordian problem
- Subject in topology
- Task for a masseuse
- Nautical speed measure
- Double hitch, e.g.
- Marriage metaphor
- Bit of macrame?
- Entanglement
- Bend or hitch
- Topology problem
- Target to massage
- Puzzle from Gordius
- Snag or snarl
- Granny or slip
- Granny, for one
- It's all tied up
- Unit of speed
- Half hitch or bowline
- Macrame feature
- Square or granny
- Escape-artist's obstacle
- Naval unit
- Clove hitch, for example
- Tough problem
- Figurative stomach woe
- Flaw in the two-by-four
- Granny or Gordian
- Group of toads
- Shoelace annoyance
- Stomach woe
- Feature of pine paneling
- Windsor or granny
- Granny or square
- Slip or square follower
- Tenseness
- Tummy tenseness
- Word after square or Gordian
- Connective interlacing
- Gordius tied one
- Macramé unit
- Masseuse's focus
- Ponytail cincher, at times
- Cluster, as of spectators
- Bowline, e.g.
- It may be tied at a pier
- Noose feature
- Sheepshank, e.g.
- Half hitch, e.g.
- Ship speed unit
- Shoelace challenge
- Rope swing support
- Sheepshank or bowline
- Muscle woe
- Shoelace difficulty
- Part of a bow
- Pretzel, basically
- Problem, metaphorically
- Speed unit at sea
- Windsor or slip
- Massage target
- String thing
- Windsor, e.g.
- Where a branch joins the trunk
- Shoelace hassle
- Cluster
- Hitch, e.g.
- Nautical unit of speed
- Seagoing velocity
- Windsor, for one
- Hitch or Windsor
- Speed measure
- It's tied when you're wed
- It's tied at a certain black tie event?
- Massage recipient
- Twist
- Granny
- Nautical mile
- Shoelace snag
- It's tied at weddings
- It may be tied in church
- Tie
- Granny or hitch
- Hose annoyance
- Lasso feature
- Tense sensation
- 17-, 25-, 43- and 54-Across begin with a kind of one
- Sea speed unit
- Necktie feature
- Stomach discomfort
- Boy scout's handiwork
- Granny __
- Tie feature
- Circular imperfection in wood
- Feature of some paneling
- Secure shoelace feature
- Square __
- Square or slip follower
- Suture securer
- Macramé feature
- Shoelace securer
- Tie the __: marry
- It can be hard to get out
- Shoestring hassle
- Celtic __
- It might be square
- Pretzel shape
- One in a sailor's repertoire
- Wood imperfection
- Macramé basic
- Nautical unit
- Gordian __: mythological conundrum
- Hardwood flaw
- Gordius' thing
- Bedhead problem
- Celtic artwork feature
- Tangled clump
- Two half hitches, maybe
- Unit of speed that's approximately 1.15 mph
- Board flaw
- Interlacement
- Put on a tie
- Scout creation
- Sea speed
- Scout's handiwork
- Rope entanglement
- Scout's accomplishment
- Gordius' handiwork
- Granny or half hitch
- Muscle trouble
- Sailing speed unit
- Scout specialty
- Speed unit
- Clove hitch or granny
- King Gordius creation
- Lumber flaw
- Tie, as a tie
- Half hitch or granny
- Tangled mass
- See to a necktie
- Boy Scout lesson
- Necktie securer
- Tie securer
- Tree-trunk feature
- Paneling feature
- Rope securer
- Shoelace snafu
- Shoelace snarl
- Interlacing
- Muscle swelling
- Trunk feature
- Complicated problem
- Make a macramé
- Belly annoyance
- Pretzel maker's creation
- Speed measure at sea
- Nautical measure
- Part of a tied tie
- Security guard at a dock
- Cruiser's speed measure
- Feature of a tied necktie
- Garden hose inconvenience
- Hole in a plank
- Necktie's securing twist
- Tie the __ (get married)
- Fastener of a sort
- Mariner's speed measure
- Pretzel's twisted shape
- What holds a tie in place
- Plank imperfection
- Tie on a necktie
- Sea-speed standard
- What secures a necktie
- Classical pretzel shape
- Pretzel's shape
- Boat speed unit
- Bowline, for one
- It may be hard to undo
- Clove-hitch.
- Tied by Gordius.
- Nautical mile, 6,080.20 ft.
- Half hitch or clove hitch.
- Overhand or figure of eight.
- Granny or prolonge.
- Half crown.
- Half hitch.
- 6,080 feet.
- Fisherman's bend.
- Harness hitch.
- Sheet bend.
- Cat's-paw or clove hitch.
- The bond of marriage.
- Bow.
- Carrick bend is one.
- Granny ___.
- Problem.
- Gordius' symbol.
- Small group or cluster.
- Ship's speed measure.
- Tie that binds.
- Unit of ocean speed.
- Gordian ___.
- Psyche ___.
- Burl.
- Sea mile.
- Figure eight, for one.
- Bond.
- Large sandpiper.
- Carrick bend
- Nautical speed
- Gist of a matter
- Gordian creation
- M.P.H. at sea
- Gordian item
- Small group
- Bowline
- Gordius's claim to fame
- Hitch or granny
- Intricate problem
- Marriage bond
- Sea-speed limit
- Matthew Walker, e.g.
- Word with slip or loop
- Unit of speed at sea
- Granny or bowline
- Granny or reef
- Diamond hitch
- Granny is one
- Sandpiper
- Granny or sheepshank
- Diamond hitch, e.g.
- Nautical mile per hour
- Kind of bind
- Small cluster
- Scout's challenge
- Scout's achievement
- Turk's-head or sheepshank
- Gnarl
- Sheepshank, for one
- Wood feature
- Clove hitch, for one
- Entangle
- Gordian attachment
- Mariner's unit of speed
- Carpenter's woe
- Puzzle
- Stevedore's, e.g.
- Bow, e.g.
- Cat's-paw, e.g.
- Measure of speed
- Wood panel feature
- Shoelace woe
- Wedlock, so to speak
- Gut feeling?
- Windsor or sheepshank
- Bad spot for a nail
- Board defect
- Perplexity
- Sailor's unit
- Tie-up
- Tight tie
- Ball of string?
- It may stop a saw
- Stomach tightness
- Ship's speed unit
- Word with slip or slide
- Rope expert's favorite radio station?
- Muscle problem
- Muscle malady
- Tie the ___ (wed)
- Clump of hair
- End of one's rope?
- Tie that's hard to untie
- Hard-to-solve problem
- Hard-to-undo tie
- Problem with a shoelace
- Garden hose annoyance
- One nautical mile per hour
- Hitch, say
- Shoestring woe
- Metaphor for a tricky problem
- I'm a frayed ___ (punch line of a classic joke)
- Pretzel feature
- Shoelace or muscle problem
- Tie the ___
- Twisted tangle
- Bump on a log
- Feeling of tightness
- Wedding planning website, with "the"
- Headphone cable annoyance
- Lace snarl
- Macramé creation
- Untie the ___ Bad Company
- Detangling target
- Friendship bracelet part
- Homophone of "not"
- Tight spot worked on by a massage therapist
- Way of tying a tie
- What Madonna tied w/Sean Penn
- What Chrissie Hynde & Jim Kerr tied
- What Madonna tied w/Guy Ritchie
- What post-prime rockers might tie
- Carly Simon tied it w/James Taylor
- It's prevented by cord management
- Result of poor cable management, maybe
- Lacework?
- Double carrick bend, e.g.
- Eventual hole in the wall?
- End result of a tie?
- Necklace headache
- Clump of cords
- Half hitch, for one
- It's tied in church
- It's tied at the altar
- Tight tangle
- A bride ties it
- Gordian or slip follower
- Two-by-four flaw
- Word with Gordian or slip
- Scout's creation
- Muscle complaint
- It takes two people to tie it
- Comber's woe
- Speed unit for a yacht race
- Bow, essentially
- Shoelace frustration
- Granny might tie one on
- Chain hitch, e.g.
- Sheepshank, granny or half-hitch
- Bad lace-up result
- Gordian, for one
- Rope creation
- Tie one on?
- Shoelace bump
- What's not in rebuses?
- Headphone cord frustration
- Make a macrame
- Tree protuberance
- I'm a frayed ___ (joke punchline)
- Clove hitch or butterfly loop
- Bowline or slide
- Speed asea
- Fisherman's bend <P>e.g.
- Muscle cramp
- Sheepshank <P>e.g.
- Sailor's specialty
- Pinewood feature
- Sheepshank or half hitch
- Sheepshank or granny
- Word with lovers or square
- Slip or slide
- Bowline or clove hitch
- Square, for one
- Granny or square follower
- Group of toads, e.g.
- Windsor or sheet bend
- Muscular problem
- Tie it and you're hitched
- 71-Across flaw
- Boy Scout's creation
- Bowline or sheepshank
- Lumber imperfection
- Speed unit on the 39-Across
- Symptom of a nervous stomach
- Wedding planner website, with "the"
- Yachter's speed unit
- Tire swing securer
- Shoelace formation
- String snarl
- Tie choice
- Fairy ___ (hair woe)
- Shoelace tangle
- Way of fastening a tie
- Garlicky treat
- 6,080.2 feet per hour
- It's tied at a wedding
- Looping part of a string
- You may tie a square one
- Creation of Gordius
- Square, e.g.
- Carrick bend or Turk's-head
- Tough spot
- Bow feature
- Turk's-head, for one
- Pretzel inspiration
- Bowline or half hitch
- Branch bump
- Shoelace issue
- Target for a masseur
- Tough puzzle, metaphorically
- Lace problem
- Quipu feature
- Slip, granny or Windsor
- Necktie need
