Clues for the word "TAME"
We've had 229 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 814 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on August 01, 2026.
Definition of tame
- v. t. - To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.
- superl. - Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird.
- superl. - Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
- superl. - Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull; flat; insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery.
- a. - To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast.
- a. - To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth.
Referring Clues
- Gentle
- Hardly boisterous
- Hardly racy
- Mild
- Unracy
- Busted
- Subdued
- Domesticated
- Unlikely to bite
- Unexciting
- Crack the whip at, maybe
- Break, as a horse
- Broken
- Like kiddie rides
- Break, in a way
- Lacking thrills
- Easily calmed
- Barely risqué
- Not electric
- Broken, in a way
- Domesticate
- Far from risqué
- Easy to manage
- Bring under control
- Break
- Crack the whip at, perhaps
- Busted, like a bronco
- Docile
- Like a broken horse
- Mild-mannered
- Hardly fierce
- Not exciting
- Far from exciting
- Bland
- Not feral
- Change from wild to mild
- Get under control
- Subdue
- Like a broken bronc
- Bust, in a way
- Unresisting
- Not hard to handle
- Under control
- Meek and mild
- Watered down
- Kind of dull
- Domestic
- Lacking excitement
- Thrill-less
- Like pets
- Not likely to bite
- Dull, as a party
- Not apt to bite
- Like housepets
- Submissive
- Break, so to speak
- Like petting-zoo animals
- Not wild
- Tone down
- Hardly risque
- Housebroken
- Not exactly thrilling
- Make the wild mild
- Not risque at all
- Unlikely to offend
- Gentle, as a horse
- Broken-in
- Doesn't support
- Easy to handle
- Far from shocking
- Broken to the saddle
- Less than exciting
- Like most pets
- Do some circus work
- Hardly heart-pounding
- Serviceable but harmless
- Lacking spice
- Not exactly exciting
- No longer wild
- Well behaved
- Carriage horses
- Not very edgy
- Unlikely to attack
- Not too exciting
- Pettable
- Far from titillating
- Like a "broken" horse
- Far from feral
- Bring to bay
- Insipid
- Not very racy
- Break, as a wild horse
- Make gentle
- Rein in
- Not wild, as a horse
- Tractable
- Blah
- Control
- Broken on the ranch
- Broken on the ranch
- Innocuous
- Not very exciting
- Make docile
- Broken, say
- Like the rides in a kiddie park
- Pacify
- Mild, not wild
- Lacking spirit
- Hardly exciting
- Broken in, as a horse
- Wild's opposite
- Sans spice
- Make manageable
- Not at all wild
- Not so tough
- Far from racy
- Far from feisty
- PG-rated
- Soothe, as a savage beast
- Not wild at all
- Spiritless
- Get control of
- Teach, in a way
- Break from the wild side?
- Broken, as a bronco
- Not that exciting
- Hardly boundary-pushing
- Civilize
- Not at all ferocious
- Like petting zoo animals
- Not needing to be broken
- See 58-Across
- Broken, as a wild bronco
- Hardly wild
- Gentle, as petting-zoo animals
- Manage, as unruly hair
- Hardly envelope-pushing
- Harness
- Broken by a dude
- What Kate became
- Obedient
- Soften
- Not wild, as an animal
- Opposite of wild
- Opposite of wild, as an animal
- Un-feisty
- Break a horse
- Handleable
- Not feisty
- Drab
- Docile and submissive
- Subdued Pixies song?
- Like soft rock
- Gentle Pixies song?
- Like ballad
- ___ Impala
- Journey "Can't ___ the Lion"
- Gentle hint, a member assumes
- Domesticated - dull
- Hardly daring
- Lacking in excitement
- Hardly controversial
- Responding to commands, say
- Break in, being unafraid of human contact
- Blandly uncontroversial
- Dull
- Busted, as a horse
- Break, as a beast
- Break in, thanks to yours truly
- Unexciting substitution for teammate in either half
- Master sped away from amazing stampede
- No longer wild, thanks to me
- Dull variety of meat
- Finds some pasta meals to be dull
- Boring master
- Like animals in a petting zoo
- Hardly thrill-filled
- Unlikely to bite, like a pet dog
- Not wild, like an animal
- Suitable for a petting zoo
- Make less wild
- Having hardly any spice
- Lacking in edge
- Unlikely to excite
- Far from edgy
- Like circus animals
- Far from controversial
- Hardly a threat
- Lacking zest
- Unthreatening
- Not particularly exciting
- Pedestrian
- Dull carpeting returned by European
- Not very 96 Down
- Thanks to me, it's harmless
- Like the sexual references in PG-13 movies
- No longer feral
- Not the least bit scandalous
- Not spicy, so to speak
- Like a not wild horse
- Unlikely to titillate
- Lackluster
- Gentle, as zoo animals
- Docile in disposition
- Easily handled, thanks to me
- Not threatening
- Opposite of feral
- Like a housecat but not a wildcat
- Like a controlled lion
- Far from daring
- Subdue, as wild hair
- Calm
- G-rated, say
- Not daring at all
- Like a domesticated animal
- Wild? No, the opposite
- Lacking pizzazz
- Convert from wild to mild
- Suitable for family movie night, in a way
- Like a busted horse?
- Opposite of wild, in the animal world
- Wild? Not in my house!
- Lacking bite
- Such animals could yield meat
- Hardly spicy
- Make friendly to humans
- Inoffensive
- Only PG-rated in terms of sexual content, say
- Unlikely to get out of hand
Last Seen In
- LA Times - August 01, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - July 30, 2026
- Mirror Daily - July 17, 2026
- New York Times - June 23, 2026
- LA Times - June 23, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - June 21, 2026
- New York Times - May 25, 2026
- Mirror Daily - May 24, 2026
- Daily American - May 21, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - May 21, 2026
- Mirror Daily - May 20, 2026
- Penny Dell Sunday - May 10, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - May 08, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - April 16, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 16, 2026
- Daily Quick - April 15, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 14, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - April 12, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 12, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 08, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 02, 2026
- Penny Dell Sunday - March 29, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 21, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 20, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 18, 2026
- LA Times - March 14, 2026
- New York Times - February 24, 2026
- Penny Dell Sunday - February 22, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 20, 2026
- Daily Quick - February 05, 2026
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