The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word GEAR , but the solution may also be TRY which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Tackle crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GEAR | 30 % | 4 |
| RIG | 17 % | 3 |
| TRY | 15 % | 3 |
| TAKEON | 9 % | 6 |
| STARTON | 8 % | 7 |
| ATTEMPT | 8 % | 7 |
| SEETO | 2 % | 5 |
| CLAN | 2 % | 4 |
| HAVEAT | 2 % | 6 |
| UNDERTAKE | 2 % | 9 |
| GRAB | 2 % | 4 |
| DROP | 2 % | 4 |
| DIGIN | 2 % | 5 |
Why may TRY be the right solution?
"Try" can mean to attempt or tackle a task or problem. In sports like rugby or American football, a "try" is a way to score points by advancing the ball past the opponent's goal line.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tackle
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- rigging
- undertake
- take on
- fishing gear
- fishing tackle
- bridge
- curb
- broach
- target
- embark
- tooling
- rig
Crossword Answer definitions
GEAR noun- Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
- Clothing; garments.
- Goods; property; household items.
- A wheel with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other; a gear wheel.
- A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved.
- A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.
- Recreational drugs, including steroids.
- Stuff.
- Business matters; affairs; concern.
- Anything worthless; nonsense; rubbish.
- To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
- To be in, or come into, gear.
- To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
- (usually with to or toward(s)) To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).
- To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.
- Great or fantastic
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 GEAR
- Accessories
- Links' hazard
- Equipment
- Fourth or reverse, e.g.
- Stuff
- Trappings
- Apparatus
- Cogwheel
- Personal effects
- Power-train part
More clues leading to the result RIG
- Fix, as a fight
- Manipulate
- An 18-wheeler, to its driver
- Offshore structure
- Put in the fix
- Set a sail
- Tractor-trailer
- Gear up
- Fit out
- Fix, in a way
More clues leading to the result TRY
- Take a crack at
- Attempt
- Hear, as a case
- Stab
- Take a shot at
- Venture
- Have a go at
- Shot
- Sit in judgment
- The old college ___
More clues leading to the result TAKEON
- Deal with
- Hire
- Assume responsibility for
- Challenge
- Adopt
- Shoulder, as a task
- Assume, as responsibility
- Bring aboard
- Battle
- Go up against
More clues leading to the result STARTON
More clues leading to the result ATTEMPT
More clues leading to the result SEETO
- Be responsible for
- Take care of
- Look after
- Deal with
- Mind
- Handle
- Care for
- Make sure of
- Make certain of
- Make arrangements for
More clues leading to the result CLAN
- Blood relations
- Extended family
- Highland group
- Highlands group
- The McCoys, for one
- "The ____ of the Cave Bear"
- Glasgow group
- Highland family
- Kindred group
- Tartan-wearing group
More clues leading to the result HAVEAT
- Tear into
- Attack
- Take the offensive
- Deal with vigorously
- Attack, as one's work
- Dive into, as a pile of correspondence
- Tackle
- Attack.
- Go for
- Set upon
More clues leading to the result UNDERTAKE
More clues leading to the result GRAB
More clues leading to the result DROP
- What you wait for the other shoe to do
- Cease to consider
- Discontinue
- Let fall
- Night deposit
- Knock down
- Pine Bros. unit
- __ leaf table
- Plummet
- Stop doing