Tug-of-war need
The crossword clue "Tug-of-war need" is answered by ROPE, a 4-letter entry. Used 72 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ROPE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ROPE answer page.
Used 72 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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