Tight embrace
The crossword clue "Tight embrace" is answered by BEARHUG, a 7-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BEARHUG
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BEARHUG answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- CLINCH (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for BEARHUG
Every other clue in this collection answered by BEARHUG, most used first.
- Hearty embrace - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Tight squeeze - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Tight braid - CORNROW, used 9 times
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