Clues for the word "TANGLE"
We've had 61 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 98 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Mini crossword on September 12, 2026.
Definition of tangle
- n. - To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel.
- n. - To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies.
- v. i. - To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle.
- n. - Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp.
- v. - A knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged; a snarl; as, hair or yarn in tangles; a tangle of vines and briers. Used also figuratively.
- v. - An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, -- used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea.
Referring Clues
- Snarl
- What a comb undoes
- Hair snarl
- Snarled mess
- Confused jumble
- Hair problem
- Mess (with)
- Hair knot
- Go head-to-head
- Cords behind a computer, often
- Jumbled mass
- Fishing line fiasco
- Knot
- Knot
- Become twisted
- Enmesh
- Intertwine
- Ball up
- Lock horns
- Angler's headache
- Go at it
- Ensnarl
- Become ensnarled
- Entrap
- Hairbrush target
- Wrestle
- Become a twisted mess, as hair
- Hair annoyance
- Conditioner target
- Entwine
- Confused interwoven mass
- Twist
- In a story, it's no good to confuse things
- Complicated mess
- Snarl-up
- Contend with an involved situation
- Mix-up
- T-junction jam
- Get involved
- Confusion is no good in a story
- T-junction snarl-up
- Tip-top line of approach causing confusion
- Ravel, last of wet fish
- Snarl up at T-junction
- Twist in story is no good
- Snarl, knot
- Confusion no good in narrative
- Fish, after short time, seen in coarse seaweed
- Lock horns and snarl
- Mat
- A comb may undo one
- Confused situation no good in story
- Confused tale about a bit of danger
- A complication to contend with
- Charging cord fiasco
- Ensnare
- Jumble
- Get all matted, but you have a brush
- Get really confused when you argue with
- Become intertwined
- Get into a snarl
Last Seen In
- Mirror Mini - September 12, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - August 23, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - October 09, 2025
- Mirror Mini - September 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 01, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 27, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 11, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - August 28, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - August 22, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - July 04, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 04, 2024
- Mirror Mini - April 03, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - March 14, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 11, 2024
- Mirror Mini - April 03, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 24, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - March 23, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - March 03, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 29, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - August 22, 2022
- New York Times - May 02, 2022
- Guardian Cryptic - January 13, 2018
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 03, 2018
- Mirror Quick - December 17, 2017
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 04, 2017
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 02, 2017
- Netword - October 22, 2017
- And in 68 more crossword puzzles...