Harbor helper
The crossword clue "Harbor helper" is answered by TUG, a 3-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1984. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TUG
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TUG answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1984. It appears in 5 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.
- TUGBOAT (3 uses in xd)
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
- Gentle pull - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Harbor vessel - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Harbor sight - used 19 times, most recently in 2021
- Big jerk - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Jerk - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Pull gently - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Pull hard - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Pull (on) - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- ___ of war - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Quick pull - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Sharp pull - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Harbor tower - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Port pusher - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- Pull sharply - 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.
- Santa's helper - ELF, used 99 times
- Santa's little helper - ELF, used 29 times
- Seasonal helper - ELF, used 23 times
- North Pole helper - ELF, used 18 times
- Driver's helper - TEE, used 15 times
- Holiday helper - ELF, used 15 times
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