The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CONTROL , but the solution may also be GRIP which is one of the most recent solution (2007 in King Syndicate).
Have a handle on crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CONTROL | 50 % | 7 |
| GRIP | 50 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Have a handle on
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- get a handle on
- grasp
- get one's head around
- take hold
- get hold of
- apprehend
- handle
- begripe
- know
- understand
- have a head for
- cope with
Crossword Answer definitions
CONTROL noun- Influence or authority over something.
- A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary variable is low or non-existent.
- The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
- Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
- A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
- (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
- A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
- An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
- Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
- A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.
- To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
- (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result CONTROL
- Regulate
- Hold in check
- Rein in
- Be in command of
- Manage
- Direct
- Pitcher's asset
- Experimental standard
- Mastery
- Restraint