Clues for the word "TRACTION"
We've had 21 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 23 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on September 08, 2025.
Definition of traction
- n. - The act of drawing, or the state of being drawn; as, the traction of a muscle.
- n. - Specifically, the act of drawing a body along a plane by motive power, as the drawing of a carriage by men or horses, the towing of a boat by a tug.
- n. - Attraction; a drawing toward.
- n. - The adhesive friction of a wheel on a rail, a rope on a pulley, or the like.
Referring Clues
- Road-gripping ability
- What good tires provide
- Tension caused by pulling
- Force exerted by pulling
- Act of pulling
- Grip
- Tires need
- Driver's need
- Grip of a tire
- Grip - rat in cot (anag)
- Pulling - into cart (anag)
- Pulling
- (In orthopaedics) the pulling on a bone or limb to relieve pressure during healing
- Use of weights and pulleys to heal a fracture
- Stretching of a broken bone by weights and pulleys
- Grip between something and the surface on which it moves
- Get into art course initially for free drawing
- Grip it and carton changes shape
- Act of drawing or pulling
- Pulling vehicle back into complex
- Tire grip
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - September 08, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 01, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - October 21, 2022
- Mirror Daily - August 05, 2022
- Guardian Quick - November 27, 2017
- Guardian Quick - July 12, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - November 10, 2016
- Guardian Quick - September 08, 2015
- Washington Post - October 30, 2014
- Guardian Quick - May 26, 2014
- LA Times Sunday - October 06, 2013
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - August 27, 2013
- Guardian Quick - August 03, 2012
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 21, 2012
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 19, 2012
- USA Today - November 09, 2011
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - July 22, 2008
- Guardian Cryptic - June 18, 2007
- Netword - February 15, 2006
- Guardian Quick - July 27, 2005
- Guardian Everyman - July 24, 2005
- Guardian Quick - February 15, 2005
- USA Today - November 30, 2004