Clues for the word "TACT"
We've had 187 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 667 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on February 11, 2026.
Definition of tact
- n. - The sense of touch; feeling.
- n. - The stroke in beating time.
- n. - Sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty; nice perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances.
Referring Clues
- Diplomat's skill
- Savoir-faire
- Mediator's skill
- Peacekeeping skill
- Remaining silent, at times
- Certain grace
- Social asset
- Diplomat's forte
- Delicate use of words
- Diplomatic trait
- Playing to someone's vanity, maybe
- Knowing when to be silent, e.g.
- Delicacy
- Sign of refinement
- Social grace
- Diplomacy
- Boor's lack
- Good host's gift
- Discretion
- Oafs lack it
- Remaining silent, sometimes
- Yahoos lack it
- Public relations need
- Delicacy at a state dinner?
- Diplomat's asset
- Social skill
- Delicateness
- Opposite of gaucheness
- Diplomatic skill
- What it may take to answer the question "Does this make me look fat?"
- Poise
- "The ability to describe others as they see themselves": Lincoln
- Ambassador's forte
- "___ teaches you when to be silent": Disraeli
- Churls lack it
- Asset in answering the question "Does this dress make me look fat?"
- What it takes not to say "I see you've put on a little weight"
- "The ability to describe others as they see themselves," to Lincoln
- Way with words
- Mediator's asset
- Sensitivity
- Asset for a diplomat
- Politician's skill
- Diplomatic quality
- Politesse
- Diplomat's need
- Diplomat's talent
- Civility
- Good people skills
- Delicatesse
- Negotiator's skill
- Churl's lack
- Skill not displayed by asking "Have you put on weight?"
- Mediator's forte
- Finesse
- Ambassador's skill
- Negotiation skill
- Ambassador's asset
- Delicate handling
- Rice attribute
- Sense for avoiding offense
- Diplomat's requirement
- What churls lack
- Diplomatic asset
- Savoir-faire, e.g.
- It's de rigueur for a diplomat
- Ambassadors need it
- Consideration in dealing with others
- Statesmanship
- Campaigner's skill
- Delicate use of words, e.g.
- Arbiter's quality
- Savoir faire
- Good quality for a politician
- Asset for an ambassador
- Press Secretary's asset
- Diplomat's stock-in-trade
- Diplomatic finesse
- Keen perception
- Diplomat's trait
- Mediation asset
- Public relations requirement
- Saying "I'm not sure that dress looks perfect on you," e.g.
- Careful phrasing, perhaps
- Bumpkin's lack
- Diplomat-ic skill
- Diplo-macy
- Diplomat's sine qua non
- "Making a point without making an enemy," per Newton
- Careful wording, maybe
- People person's skill
- Arbitrator's asset
- "The art of making guests feel at home when that's really where you wish they were"
- People-person's skill
- Asset of the Secretary of State
- Call or email
- Diplomat's gift
- Skill needed when being asked "Does this dress make me look fat?"
- Diplomatic necessity
- Diplomat's possession
- What it may take to answer "Do you think I need to lose some weight?"
- What might be revealed in silence
- It "teaches you when to be silent," per Disraeli
- Diplomat's specialty
- Attention to propriety
- "The ability to describe others as they see themselves," per Lincoln
- Curmudgeon's lack
- Politician's asset
- Social sense
- Careful handling
- "The art of making a point without making an enemy"
- Interpersonal finesse
- Lout's lack
- "It is ___ that is golden, not silence": Samuel Butler
- Social adroitness
- Social finesse
- Asset for a press secretary
- Kid gloves
- Asset in public relations
- A social grace
- Dry sandwiches a cold delicacy
- One ignored unspoken diplomacy
- To get a tin-opener to work requires a certain finesse
- Starting tomorrow, work in diplomacy
- It's needed by diplomat, actually
- With diplomacy, volunteers to go to court
- Discretion when trouble starts at the tractor centre
- The first law of diplomacy
- Diplomatic touch
- What a boor lacks
- "The ability to describe others as they see themselves," per Abraham Lincoln
- Changed course, we hear, as a measure of diplomacy?
- Pamphlet lacking right sensitivity
- Negotiator's asset
- Political asset
- Moderator's skill
- Diplomatic discretion
- Diplomacy changed direction, we hear
- Understood one's out for diplomacy
- Skill needed for ambassadors and mediators
- Sense of propriety
- Diplomacy used in taking volunteers to court
- Sensitive handling
- Sense of diplomacy
- Phrasing so as not to offend, say
- Diplomats have it
- Good quality for an ambassador
- Delicacy of demeanor
- Something lacking freshness
- "The ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes," per Harry Truman
- Arbitrator's skill
- Get finished at work, with diplomacy
- Skill useful in delicate situations
- Public relations skill
- Careful word choice, maybe
- With diplomacy, work to the best conclusion
- Peacemaker's asset
- Negotiator’s skill
- Social subtlety
- Social delicacy
- Skill with people
- Careful use of words
- Touchy subject?
- Skill of sensitivity
- Diplomat's delicacy
- Delicate touch
- Therapist's forte
- Mediator's strong suit
- It's been called "the art of making a point without making an enemy"
- Social sensitivity
- What boors lack
- Statesman's asset
- Feature of being diplomatic
- Asset for a mediator
- What you may use when turning down an invitation
- It's said to be "the art of recognizing when to be big and when not to belittle"
- Finesse to con with when you get in touch
- Keeping quiet at the right time, say
- Carefulness in words and actions
- Important skill in an awkward interaction
- Good skill for a diplomat
- Diplomatic grace
- Skill used to resolve a conflict
- Diplomatic sensitivity
- Sense of appropriateness
- Knowing what not to say, say
- Conflict resolution skill
Last Seen In
- LA Times - February 11, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 04, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - December 19, 2025
- LA Times - December 16, 2025
- New York Times - December 10, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 03, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 01, 2025
- LA Times - November 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 22, 2025
- Daily American - November 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 07, 2025
- New York Times - October 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 10, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 22, 2025
- New York Times - September 17, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - September 09, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - September 07, 2025
- Daily American - August 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 04, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 31, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 24, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 24, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - July 06, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 20, 2025
- LA Times - May 08, 2025
- Your Life Choices - April 24, 2025
- Daily American - April 24, 2025
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