Gentle pull
The crossword clue "Gentle pull" is answered by TUG, a 3-letter entry. Used 25 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TUG
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TUG answer page.
Used 25 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for TUG
Every other clue in this collection answered by TUG, most used first.
- Yank - used 96 times, most recently in 2026
- Pull - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Harbor boat - used 39 times, most recently in 2024
- Harbor craft - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Towboat - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Harbor vessel - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Gentle touch - PAT, used 50 times
- Pull - TOW, used 38 times
- Pull the plug on - END, used 36 times
- Pull along - TOW, used 31 times
- Pull up a chair - SIT, used 27 times
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