Clues for the word "CLUTCH"
We've had 53 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 57 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on August 27, 2025.
Definition of clutch
- n. - A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp.
- n. - The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; -- often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall into the clutches of an adversary.
- n. - A device which is used for coupling shafting, etc., so as to transmit motion, and which may be disengaged at pleasure.
- n. - Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
- n. - The nest complement of eggs of a bird.
- n. - To seize, clasp, or gripe with the hand, hands, or claws; -- often figuratively; as, to clutch power.
- n. - To close tightly; to clinch.
- v. i. - To reach (at something) as if to grasp; to catch or snatch; -- often followed by at.
Referring Clues
- Reliable under pressure
- Brake neighbor
- Shifting mechanism
- Critical situation
- Small purse
- Strapless purse
- Grasp
- Grasp firmly
- Do-or-die situation
- Shifting aid
- Pedal for the left foot
- Strapless accessory
- Hold on to for dear life
- Grip firmly
- Grasp tightly
- Grab hold of
- Brood of chicks
- Get hold of a car part
- It has a driving connection
- You put your foot on it or grab it with your hands
- Grab - set of eggs
- Grab
- Grab those eggs!
- Grasp - gear changing device
- Grab a few eggs
- Seize - batch of eggs in single nest
- Grasp - eggs laid in nest
- Seize an egg collection
- Eggs used for a change?
- It helps in driving some chickens
- Grab the eggs!
- Grabbing by the church of way-out cult
- Don't drop the eggs!
- Quantity of eggs: cling to
- Number of birds hatched at the same time
- Not needed with an automatic grip
- Firm grasp needed to operate the gears
- Seize the chickens!
- Like a winning play in the final seconds of overtime
- Get hold of some chicks
- Hold firmly
- Come through in the ___
- Hold on to some chicks?
- Grab a car part
- A firm grasp
- Get their mitts on the nest eggs!
- Part of a driver's manual
- Strapless handbag
- Hatch of eggs
- Something to carry things in
- Grab some eggs
- Handheld purse
- Successful in a critical situation
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - August 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 04, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 28, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 12, 2025
- LA Times - March 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 06, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 06, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 10, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 21, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - January 10, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 02, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - October 30, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - August 31, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 05, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - January 13, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 22, 2022
- USA Today - June 30, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - October 06, 2017
- Mirror Classic - September 05, 2017
- Guardian Quick - August 28, 2017
- Universal - April 18, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 09, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - January 06, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 08, 2016
- Guardian Quick - August 16, 2016
- LA Times - July 10, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 19, 2016
- Guardian Quiptic - January 08, 2016
- And in 27 more crossword puzzles...