A PERFECT TEN I

Each clue below can be answered by a word beginning with the letters TEN:

1. Inclination
2. Gentle, sensitive
3. Muscle-bone connector
4. Wispy curl
5. Impoverished dwelling
6. Opinion held as true
7. Capable of being stretched
8. Popular sport
9. Nervous
10. Male singing voice
11. Fragile, unsubstantial
12. Mortise partner
13. Moveable home
14. Very determined
15. Octopi have them
16. Academic job security

Answers:

1. Tendency
2. Tender
3, Tendon
4. Tendril
5. Tenement
6. Tenet
7. Tensile
8. Tennis
9. Tense
10. Tenor
11. Tenuous
12. Tenon
13. Tent
14. Tenacious
15. Tentacles
16. Tenure