Grasp tightly
The crossword clue "Grasp tightly" is answered by GRIP, a 4-letter entry. Used 12 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2018. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GRIP
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GRIP answer page.
Used 12 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2018. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for GRIP
Every other clue in this collection answered by GRIP, most used first.
- Hold tightly - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- Clench - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Clutch - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Stagehand - used 26 times, most recently in 2015
- Hold firmly - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- "Get a ___!" - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Tight hold - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Film crew member - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Golfer's concern - used 13 times, most recently in 2012
- Firm hold - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Valise - used 11 times, most recently in 1996
- Golf club part - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Golf lesson subject - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Handle - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Hold tight - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Suitcase - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Tennis racket part - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Get a handle on - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Golf lesson topic - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Grasp firmly - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Handhold - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
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.
- Close tightly - SEAL, used 82 times
- Tightly stretched - TAUT, used 41 times
- Hard to grasp - EELY, used 27 times
- Grasp - HOLD, used 22 times
- Tie tightly - BIND, used 22 times
- Stretched tightly - TAUT, used 21 times
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