Pull hard
The crossword clue "Pull hard" is answered by TUG, a 3-letter entry. Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1987. 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
TUG
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TUG answer page.
Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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 (on) - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Harbor helper - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- ___ 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.
- Hit hard - RAM, used 58 times
- Hard water? - ICE, used 44 times
- Pull - TOW, used 38 times
- Pull the plug on - END, used 36 times
- Playing hard to get - COY, used 34 times
- Pull along - TOW, used 31 times
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