Pjay has the answer.
Any kind of lubricant is a friction a modifier, which means any kind of grease will mean you get more stretch on the bolt compared to a non-lubricated bolt for any given torque setting.
Which in borderline cases, can mean the bolt/nut will strip/snap before reaching the desired torque.
It’s also worth mentioning this is the reason why torque settings are only a rough guess, as the tensile result of torqueing a bolt to set value can vary dramatically depending on thread quality, materials, type of lubrication, and where lubrication is applied.
This is why critical fasteners will often use angular tightening. You torque them to a specified value which is just tight enough to ensure everything is located, then you tighten them X degrees, which stretches the bolt a known amount, so you get a repeatable accurate tension in the bolt (if you want to get geeky, it’s known as Torque to Yield, and relies on the Hooke’s law/Young’s Modulus).
TJ is right in that you do develop a feel for tightening bolts, however with cleats, they will settle into the material. Even if you were to torque them and leave them overnight, you’d probably get a bit more movement the next day due to the cleat settling into the material. Cleats are the kind of thing, where you really need to tighten them up, go for a short spin putting a fair bit pressure through them, then re-tighten them. Then you’ll probably find you can tighten them a bit more after the next couple rides before the cleats have finally settled in as much as they’re going to and don’t need any further tightening.