Abstract: A side-entry, adjustable, ratcheting wrench has a first jaw member having an interior portion, a second jaw member slidingly engaged with the first jaw member, a spool disposed in the interior portion of the first jaw member, the spool having a worm gear along a first lengthwise outer portion and a series of concentric grooves along a second lengthwise outer portion, the worm gear for adjustment of the second jaw member, and a handle having a series of first projections engaged with the concentric grooves when the wrench is at a working position and disengaged from the concentric grooves when the wrench is at a ratcheting position.