Clues for the word "TACKLE"
We've had 70 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 104 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on January 02, 2026.
Definition of tackle
- n. - Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the block.
- n. - Any instruments of action; an apparatus by which an object is moved or operated; gear; as, fishing tackle, hunting tackle; formerly, specifically, weapons.
- n. - The rigging and apparatus of a ship; also, any purchase where more than one block is used.
- n. - To supply with tackle.
- n. - To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to harness; as, to tackle a horse into a coach or wagon.
- n. - To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game.
- n. - To begin to deal with; as, to tackle the problem.
Referring Clues
- Take on
- Guard's neighbor
- Angler's gear
- Set your mind to
- Fishing gear
- Dig into, as a chore
- Block's partner
- Bring down on the gridiron
- Knock down, in football
- Deal with, as a problem
- It stops a run
- Bring down on a football field
- He's near the end
- Bring down, in a way
- Gridiron event
- Thwart the ballcarrier
- Prevent a touchdown, maybe
- Equipment
- Try, as a tough task
- Stop the ballcarrier
- Have a go at
- Bring down on the football field
- Hug and pull into a big pile of strong men, say
- Bring down, as a Giant
- Undertake
- Take on, as a job
- Start to work on
- Take on, as a challenge
- NFL lineman
- Beefy gridder
- Blind side protector, usually, in an offensive line
- Deal with
- Bring down a player, in football
- Gear for a fisherman
- Get to grips with equipment
- Luke Bryan's "Box"
- Grapple with - ship's rigging
- Confront
- Grapple with - ship's running rigging
- Get stuck into animals from behind
- Interception upends two quadrupeds
- Try Calvin Klein tops made in yarn
- Deal with - gear
- Food the French block
- Engage in rigging
- Deal with content of briefs
- Angling gear
- Be a good linebacker
- Deck a Dolphin
- It's used to lift - or bring down
- See 12
- Face up to footballer's challenge
- Legend about king confined in apparatus
- Get to grips with tools
- Caught in lie about old advocate's outfit
- Gear
- Deal with story about Calvin Klein initially
- Clobber two animals going west
- Gear pin hindrance? Not quite
- 28-Across' neighbor
- Take down
- Have a go at a story about a heartless crook
- Undertake, having the equipment
- Fishing equipment
- Take down on the rugby field
- Get started on, as a problem
- Bring down in a rugby match
- Bring down a Giant, say
- Football move
- Football position
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 02, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - November 13, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - September 11, 2025
- Daily Quick - July 14, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - November 13, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 01, 2024
- New York Times - October 02, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - September 12, 2024
- Daily Quick - August 21, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 29, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - July 19, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 16, 2024
- Daily Quick - May 03, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - February 18, 2024
- Daily Quick - January 15, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 22, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - November 13, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - September 11, 2023
- LA Times - August 27, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 22, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - August 19, 2023
- Daily Quick - July 14, 2023
- USA Today - May 15, 2023
- LA Times - April 25, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - November 13, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - September 12, 2022
- Daily Quick - August 21, 2022
- Wall Street Journal - January 16, 2018
- Daily Quick - January 15, 2018
- Washington Post Classic - January 14, 2018
- And in 74 more crossword puzzles...