Daily Mail Prize Crossword 14193 Friday March 16th 2012

[twerp]

12d E.g. present Tees twists around close to Stockton (5) T - N - E
I have TENSE but cant see where E.g. present fits in?
Help appreciated as always.

[Celticv11]

Tense

[Lie-in King]

'Tense' as a grammatical term -

http://dictionary.ref.../browse/present+tense

[bookbinder]

Tense has more than one meaning. The compiler is hinting that the tense [answer] is the present tense, in a grammatical meaning.

[Celticv11]

Anagram of tees and close to Stockton which is n

[bibblebub]

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Tense

1. Any one of the inflected forms in the conjugation of a verb that indicates the time, such as past, present, or future, as well as the continuance or completion of the action or state.

[wardlaw]

E.G. (for example) present (present tense)

[shooty]

'close' as in end

[twerp]

Thank you all very much makes sense now