| Tug-of-war equipment | Commuter | 29 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Cord (4) | Mirror Quick | 29 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Groped around for string (4) | Mirror Cryptic | 29 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Cord (4) | Mirror Quick | 21 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Groped around for fastening (4) | Mirror Cryptic | 21 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Lasso, e.g. | Premier Sunday | 05 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Groped around for fastening (4) | Mirror Cryptic | 30 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Cord (4) | Mirror Quick | 30 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war gear |  |  | 
          
            | Lasso cord | Puzzler Backwords | 16 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Lasso material | Commuter | 16 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | White "Clue" weapon | USA Today | 02 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Tug of war requirement | Wall Street Journal | 30 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Stout cord | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 28 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Painter is one about to frame work | The Times Sunday Cryptic | 24 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Cord (4) | Mirror Quick | 23 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Groped around for fastening (4) | Mirror Cryptic | 23 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Thick string | Puzzler Backwords | 16 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Skip it | Newsday | 15 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Something to climb in a WWE match | New York Times | 09 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | One may be stranded in gym | The Times Quick Cryptic | 09 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Lasso | LA Times Daily | 08 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | 1948 Alfred Hitchcock film thriller based on a stage play by Patrick Hamilton (4) | Mirror Quiz | 31 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war need | Universal | 27 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war need | Newsday | 27 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Only nonmetal weapon in Clue | Wall Street Journal | 24 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Plastic weapon in Clue | Universal | 18 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Thick cord | Puzzler Backwords | 16 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Lasso makeup | Commuter | 02 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Rodeo lasso | Newsday | 30 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Double Dutch equipment | Commuter | 26 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Strip back tropes of thick cord (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Tie in Myanmar Open (4) | The Guardian Cryptic | 19 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | One of the weapons in the board game Clue |  |  | 
          
            | String along with most opera |  |  | 
          
            | Some drop extremely strong cord (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Cord (4) | Mirror Quick | 06 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Groped around for fastening (4) | Mirror Cryptic | 06 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Plastic Clue weapon | Universal | 04 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Boxing ring encloser | Family Time | 01 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Rock climbing need |  |  | 
          
            | Groped around for fastening | Mirror Cryptic | 30 May 2025 | 
          
            | Cord | Mirror Quick | 30 May 2025 | 
          
            | Strong cord | USA Today Quick | 20 May 2025 | 
          
            | Stout cord | The Times Sunday Concise | 18 May 2025 | 
          
            | What was Alfred Hitchcock's first colour movie? (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Weapon in a Clue game | Commuter | 17 May 2025 | 
          
            | Items of property should be secure (4) |  |  | 
          
            | 1948 Hitchcock film starring James Stewart. adapted from a play by Anthony Hamilton (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Kids might skip it | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 09 May 2025 | 
          
            | Clothesline, perhaps | LA Times Daily | 07 May 2025 | 
          
            | Groped around for fastening | Mirror Cryptic | 06 May 2025 | 
          
            | Cord | Mirror Quick | 06 May 2025 | 
          
            | 1948 Alfred Hitchcock crime thriller starring James Stewart (4) |  |  | 
          
            | 1948 Alfred Hitchcock film (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Makeup of a lasso | Commuter | 22 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Cord | Mirror Quick | 22 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Groped around for fastening | Mirror Cryptic | 22 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Double Dutch need | New York Times | 22 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Wrestling ring barrier | Family Time | 21 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Only nonrigid weapon in Clue | New York Times | 21 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Lasso cord | Puzzler Backwords | 19 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | It's coiled up on the property! (4) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ arrows (Tomb Raider tools used to create ziplines) | USA Today | 15 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Rigging material |  |  | 
          
            | Clue weapon | USA Today | 10 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Groped around for fastening | Mirror Cryptic | 08 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Cord | Mirror Quick | 08 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | 1948 Alfred Hitchcock film starring James Stewart and Farley Granger | Mirror Quiz | 04 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Lasso, e.g. | Commuter | 02 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war item | USA Today | 31 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | One of the murder weapons in Cluedo (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ali's technique" ___ -a-dope" |  |  | 
          
            | Groped around for fastening | Mirror Cryptic | 23 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Cord | Mirror Quick | 23 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Wrestling ring encloser | Newsday | 23 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Stout cord | The Sun Two Speed | 22 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Tower in Montenegro perhaps | The Sun Two Speed | 22 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Some property belonging to the cowboy? (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Thick string | Puzzler Backwords | 19 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Cord | Mirror Quick | 13 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Groped around for fastening | Mirror Cryptic | 13 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Groped around for a fastening (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Work out about a line (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Cowpoke's lariat | Newsday | 10 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | 1948 Alfred Hitchcock film based on a play by Patrick Hamilton (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Cable is part of property (4) | Puzzler Cryptic | 08 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Groped around for fastening | Mirror Cryptic | 02 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Cord | Mirror Quick | 02 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Soap on a - |  |  | 
          
            | String of Pearls - some Meyerbeer opera (4) | The Guardian Quick | 01 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | String of Pearls - some Meyerbeer opera (4) | The Guardian Quick Cryptic | 01 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Pope on a ___ (shower gimmick) |  |  | 
          
            | Cordon (off) | LA Times Daily | 28 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Rock climber's line | LA Times Daily | 27 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Used to hang in European shows (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Rock climber's need | Eugene Sheffer | 24 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Skipping ___ |  |  | 
          
            | Thick cord | Puzzler Backwords | 16 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Length of strong cord (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Cord | Mirror Quick | 11 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Groped around for fastening | Mirror Cryptic | 11 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Climber's aid | New York Times | 09 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | (Jump [___ swing] |  |  | 
          
            | (Jump [?) swing] | USA Today Quick | 08 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Soap on a ___ | Commuter | 06 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war cord | Newsday | 03 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | To be of use it needs to be tied (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Makeup of some ladders | Wall Street Journal | 30 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Used in a throwing game, quoits are traditionally made from what? (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Piece of rock climbing gear | USA Today | 25 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | 1948 Hitchcock thriller whose title is the murder weapon (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Length of fibre often made of coir or sisal (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Rock climber's accessory |  |  | 
          
            | To lasso (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Tug-of-war need |  |  | 
          
            | Tug-of-war need | USA Today | 08 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Groped around for fastening | Mirror Cryptic | 05 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war need | Premier Sunday | 05 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Cord | Mirror Quick | 05 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | A line of work among Sappers (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Length of cord (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Some drop extra length of cord (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Boat tie | USA Today Quick | 28 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Boxer's boundary |  |  | 
          
            | Cluedo murder weapon [4] |  |  | 
          
            | Cow catcher | Newsday | 19 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Lasso | USA Today Quick | 16 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Post-Brexit tie? (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Cord | Mirror Quick | 12 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Groped around for fastening | Mirror Cryptic | 12 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Equipment for tug-of-war |  |  | 
          
            | Line of strands (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Tug-of-war cord | Newsday | 09 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Lasso need |  |  | 
          
            | You can skip it | New York Times | 06 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Hitchcock film | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 28 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Stout cord | The Telegraph Mini | 26 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Thick cable (4) | Mirror Classic | 21 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Skipping ___ (exercise accessory) |  |  | 
          
            | Nope __: facetious term for a snake | LA Times Daily | 12 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war equipment | New York Times | 11 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Lasso material |  |  | 
          
            | *A long, sturdy item that you might "pull" during a game of tug-of-war |  |  | 
          
            | Cord for lasso? |  |  | 
          
            | Tug-of-war need | USA Today | 27 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Cluedo weapon | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 27 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Rhythmic gymnastics apparatus that last featured at the Olympic Games in 2008 (4) |  |  | 
          
            | The line taken on capital punishment (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Cord of jute or hemp? | The Telegraph Quick | 13 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Pulley part | Premier Sunday | 13 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Lasso | Newsday | 06 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | 3 no longer providing cover for genuine pearls? | The Telegraph Toughie | 04 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war need | Universal | 03 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Catch held-up deportees (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Item climbed in gym class | Wall Street Journal | 30 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Groped around for fastening | Mirror Cryptic | 26 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Pore over cord (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Cord | Mirror Quick | 26 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war gear |  |  | 
          
            | Rock climbing need |  |  | 
          
            | Thick cord | Newsday | 17 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Rodeo lasso | Newsday | 16 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Cable, thick string (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Length of fibre often made of hemp or sisal (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Inveigle, ... in |  |  | 
          
            | Tug-of-war need | Thomas Joseph | 21 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | 1948 Alfred Hitchcock film thriller based on a stage play by Patrick Hamilton | Mirror Quiz | 15 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Cord | Mirror Quick | 02 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Tower in Truro perhaps (4) | The Sun Two Speed | 02 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Groped around for fastening | Mirror Cryptic | 02 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Stout cord | The Sun Two Speed | 02 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Plastic weapon in Clue | Commuter | 01 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Stout cord (4) | Puzzler | 26 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Thick strong cord (4) |  |  | 
          
            | "Give him enough ___ and he'll hang himself" (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Skipping tool |  |  | 
          
            | Jump ___ (playground item) | USA Today | 13 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Strong thick cord | The Times Concise | 13 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war essential |  |  | 
          
            | Thick string | Puzzler Backwords | 10 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Lasso material | USA Today | 09 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Rock climber's need |  |  | 
          
            | What the sides of a wrestling ring are made from |  |  | 
          
            | Groped around fastening | Mirror Cryptic | 03 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Cord | Mirror Quick | 03 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Thick cord | Mirror Tea Time | 27 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | You can get money for it if it is old (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Double Dutch need | Universal | 25 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Among the Sappers, work on a line (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Twine | USA Today Quick | 22 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | A line of work to be taken in by the Sappers (4) |  |  | 
          
            | "American Ninja Warrior" course piece |  |  | 
          
            | "I'm at the end of my ___!" | USA Today | 16 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Third cord (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Central European pearl collection |  |  | 
          
            | Rodeo accessory | Newsday | 12 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | 1948 Hitchcock film | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 10 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Cord | Mirror Quick | 09 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Groped around for fastening | Mirror Cryptic | 09 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Thick cord | Puzzler Backwords | 09 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Strong thick cord of twisted strands |  |  | 
          
            | Only nonmetal Clue weapon | USA Today | 02 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war need | Commuter | 28 May 2024 | 
          
            | Stout twisted fibre |  |  | 
          
            | Hitchcock movie starring Jimmy Stewart |  |  | 
          
            | Rappelling need | Thomas Joseph | 24 May 2024 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war need | Thomas Joseph | 23 May 2024 | 
          
            | Clue weapon | Thomas Joseph | 18 May 2024 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war need | Commuter | 11 May 2024 | 
          
            | Wrangler's need | LA Times Daily | 10 May 2024 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war cord | Newsday | 08 May 2024 | 
          
            | Tug of war need | LA Times Daily | 05 May 2024 | 
          
            | Twined fibers |  |  | 
          
            | Catch a certain way |  |  | 
          
            | Stout cord | The Sun Two Speed | 03 May 2024 | 
          
            | Some European tower? | The Sun Two Speed | 03 May 2024 | 
          
            | Thick, rough cord (4) |  |  | 
          
            | It's often tied up in property (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Strong thick line |  |  | 
          
            | Stewart film |  |  | 
          
            | Line work in the Sappers (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Cord | Mirror Quick | 17 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Groped around for fastening | Mirror Cryptic | 17 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war item | Commuter | 11 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Stout twine |  |  | 
          
            | Strands en masse | Newsday | 06 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Clue weapon | Commuter | 26 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | What Professor Plum may be found with in the study? (4) |  |  | 
          
            | One of two needed for double Dutch | New York Times | 25 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Rigging line |  |  | 
          
            | 1948 Alfred Hitchcock film thriller based on a stage play by Patrick Hamilton | Mirror Quiz | 23 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Lariat | LA Times Daily | 22 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Groped around for fastening | Mirror Cryptic | 17 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Cord | Mirror Quick | 17 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | European heartened by Hitchcock classic thriller (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Early Hitchcock movie |  |  | 
          
            | Jumping ___ (fun on the playground) |  |  | 
          
            | Lariat | Eugene Sheffer | 23 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Cable disentangled from propeller (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Cable disentangled from propeller | The Telegraph Toughie | 21 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | A type of roof fastener (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Tire swing line | LA Times Daily | 15 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | European centre for cordage (4) |  |  | 
          
            | String of pearls, first two with gold backing as a start (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Equipment for many climbers |  |  | 
          
            | Lasso, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Lasso | Newsday | 31 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Clue weapon | Commuter | 31 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Tire swing holder | LA Times Daily | 28 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | 1948 thriller |  |  | 
          
            | Thick cord | Commuter | 10 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Groped around for fastener | Mirror Cryptic | 09 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Cord | Mirror Quick | 09 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Wrestling ring barrier | Family Time | 08 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Rock climber’s need | Eugene Sheffer | 03 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Cord; possible killer? (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Knot-tying need |  |  | 
          
            | ABs coach 1983-84 (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Secure items of property (4) |  |  | 
          
            | It's stronger than twine | USA Today | 18 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Ladder material | LA Times Daily | 13 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war item | USA Today | 10 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Lasso need |  |  | 
          
            | Skip it | Newsday | 02 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Whorl |  |  | 
          
            | Rock climber's line |  |  | 
          
            | What's tugged in tug of war | New York Times | 13 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war cord | Newsday | 31 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Hitchcock's first film in color | LA Times Daily | 28 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Lasso, e.g. | USA Today | 22 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Rodeo throw | Newsday | 18 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war need |  |  | 
          
            | Need for double Dutch | New York Times | 17 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Requirement for a sailor's knot |  |  | 
          
            | You can skip it | Wall Street Journal | 14 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Skip it! | New York Times | 08 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Rock climber's line | LA Times Daily | 05 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Rappelling gear |  |  | 
          
            | ___-a-dope, boxing fighting technique of appearing weak to exhaust one's opponent |  |  | 
          
            | Double Dutch implement | LA Times Daily | 20 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Fun thing you can skip | Family Time | 13 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Hawser, e.g. | The Telegraph Quick | 12 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war need | LA Times Daily | 06 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Skipping requirement |  |  | 
          
            | Hard liner, in baseball lingo | Wall Street Journal | 20 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Lasso | Thomas Joseph | 12 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Catch with a lasso | Universal | 07 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | String of Pearls — part of Meyerbeer opera | The Guardian Cryptic | 28 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Weapon for Professor Plum | Wall Street Journal | 20 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Part of a climber's gear |  |  | 
          
            | Lasso, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | A word which can be prefixed by tight, guide or tow | The Times Specialist Sunday | 14 May 2023 | 
          
            | 1948 Hitchcock film, starring James Stewart | The Guardian Quick | 12 May 2023 | 
          
            | Tire swing need |  |  | 
          
            | "At the end of one's ___" (unable to deal with the situation) |  |  | 
          
            | Cord for some aerial acrobats | USA Today | 07 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Material for some ladders | USA Today | 31 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Boxing ring cable | USA Today | 29 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Bit of cowboy gear | New York Times | 10 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Cowpoke's lasso | Newsday | 06 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | 'Sex after 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a ___': George Burns | New York Times | 10 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Double Dutch need | USA Today | 08 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Lariat | Eugene Sheffer | 21 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Only weapon in Clue that isn't metallic | New York Times | 16 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Lariat | Eugene Sheffer | 19 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Lasso material | New York Times | 12 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war object | USA Today | 01 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Lasso maker | Family Time | 28 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Magician's prop | Wall Street Journal | 26 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Jump ___ (double Dutch equipment) | New York Times | 14 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Climber's gear |  |  | 
          
            | The "sheet" in "three sheets to the wind" | LA Times Daily | 28 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | One used for skipping or doing somersault at gym | The Times Cryptic | 27 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Equipment in tug of war | New York Times | 24 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Schoolgirls sometimes skip it | Universal | 23 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | 'Money for old --' | The Telegraph Quick | 19 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Mountain-climbing tool | Universal | 21 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Thick cord | USA Today | 19 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | One might be tied to an anchor | USA Today | 16 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Lasso | LA Times Daily | 29 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Jump ___ (double Dutch item) | Universal | 16 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Stranded cord | The Telegraph Quick | 28 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | What some ladders are made of | USA Today | 27 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Substantial string of properties | The Guardian Quiptic | 25 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Substantial string of properties |  |  | 
          
            | Thick cord | Newsday | 20 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Tire swing holder | LA Times Daily | 14 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Bit of rock climbing gear | USA Today | 06 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Double Dutch need |  |  | 
          
            | Mooring line | Universal | 28 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Battle ___, gym item used for full body training |  |  | 
          
            | Climber's need |  |  | 
          
            | Lasso | Thomas Joseph | 02 May 2022 | 
          
            | Cord of a pulley system | Newsday | 20 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Lasso material | USA Today | 09 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | See 16 down | The Guardian Cryptic | 31 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war cord | Newsday | 21 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Thing to climb | Newsday | 20 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war need | USA Today | 11 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Lariat | Eugene Sheffer | 08 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Cowpoke's lasso | Newsday | 21 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Double dutch essential |  |  | 
          
            | Cowpoke's lasso | Newsday | 14 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Skipping requirement? |  |  | 
          
            | Lariat | Eugene Sheffer | 05 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Lasso | LA Times Daily | 01 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Lasso | The Washington Post | 01 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | It may get tied up in knots | Universal | 31 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Lure (in) | New York Times | 25 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Hangman's concern | Canadiana | 17 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war need | Universal | 29 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Tug of war item |  |  | 
          
            | Plastic weapon in Clue | Universal | 13 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Skipping ___ | USA Today | 24 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Something pulled to open a theater curtain | The Washington Post Sunday | 21 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Weapon for Colonel Mustard | Wall Street Journal | 16 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Mountain climber's gear | USA Today | 15 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war need | Thomas Joseph | 11 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war need |  |  | 
          
            | Lariat | Eugene Sheffer | 09 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | You might want to skip it | Wall Street Journal | 06 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | What's tugged in tug-of-war | Universal | 02 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Card in Clue | The Washington Post | 11 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Card in Clue | LA Times Daily | 11 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Rock climbing need |  |  | 
          
            | One of the Clue weapons | Wall Street Journal | 07 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war need | USA Today | 30 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Lasso material |  |  | 
          
            | Some European guy, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Double Dutch need | LA Times Daily | 16 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Double Dutch need | The Washington Post | 16 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Need for tug of war | New York Times | 16 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Only Clue weapon whose token isn't metallic | Universal | 15 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Rescue equipment | Newsday | 14 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | What's pulled through a pulley | New York Times | 02 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war item | USA Today | 19 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Lariat | Eugene Sheffer | 09 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Lasso material |  |  | 
          
            | Grappling hook attachment | Wall Street Journal | 29 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Macrame requirement |  |  | 
          
            | Hitch: Master of Suspense directed it! | The Sun Two Speed | 18 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Hitch, or something he directed? |  |  | 
          
            | Tug-of-war need | Thomas Joseph | 07 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Cable starts to read old political epistles |  |  | 
          
            | Tug-of-war cord | Newsday | 18 May 2021 | 
          
            | 1948 Alfred Hitchcock thriller starring John Dall and Farley Granger as dinner party hosts |  |  | 
          
            | Lariat | Newsday | 12 May 2021 | 
          
            | Lasso makeup | Family Time | 10 May 2021 | 
          
            | Hitchcock film that takes place in a Manhattan penthouse | Wall Street Journal | 06 May 2021 | 
          
            | Skip it | Newsday | 18 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Rigging requirement | Wall Street Journal | 14 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Lasso material |  |  | 
          
            | Stout cord | The Times Concise | 13 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | What a lasso is made from | Newsday | 29 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Some European tower? | The Sun Two Speed | 28 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Stout cord | The Sun Two Speed | 28 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Part of a pulley | New York Times | 16 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Weapon that Professor Plum might use | Wall Street Journal | 08 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Boxing ring barrier | USA Today | 27 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Hitch in bar opening | The Sun Two Speed | 25 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Line about seizing opportunity |  |  | 
          
            | Tug-of-war gear |  |  | 
          
            | Capture, as a calf | Universal | 05 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | Heavy cord |  |  | 
          
            | Support for a tire swing | Newsday | 22 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Tower in Montenegro perhaps | The Sun Two Speed | 11 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Lariat, e.g | Canadiana | 02 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Clue weapon | The Washington Post Sunday | 01 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | You can skip it in school | Family Time | 01 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Lasso material | Family Time | 19 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Rock climbing gym need | The Washington Post Sunday | 11 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Lariat | Eugene Sheffer | 02 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | You can skip it | Wall Street Journal | 22 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | What's tugged in a tug-of-war | USA Today | 22 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | ___-a-dope (boxing technique) |  |  | 
          
            | Tug-of-war need |  |  | 
          
            | Classic piece of gym class equipment | The Washington Post Sunday | 05 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Something to skip for exercise | Newsday | 01 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Thing hanging in a high school gym | Family Time | 14 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Lasso | Newsday | 28 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Plastic weapon in Clue | Universal | 15 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Tire swing part | USA Today | 28 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Type of bridge restricted to pedestrian traffic | The Times Specialist Sunday | 22 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Common attachment | Family Time | 16 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Climbers linked together move with uncertainty — not good |  |  | 
          
            | Magic ___ (magician's cord) |  |  | 
          
            | Foo Fighters single from the album 'Wasting Light' | The Telegraph General Knowledge | 09 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Boxing ring boundary |  |  | 
          
            | Climbing gear | LA Times Daily | 16 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Climbing gear | The Washington Post | 16 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Cord somewhat retro perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | A pro wrestler might jump from the top one | USA Today | 17 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Guy maybe – atop fire's a fit one lit |  |  | 
          
            | "Clue" weapon | Family Time | 10 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | It may be skipped | The Washington Post | 20 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | It may be skipped | LA Times Daily | 20 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war need |  |  | 
          
            | Lifesaver attachment | USA Today | 29 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | At the end of one's ___ (cannot cope anymore) |  |  | 
          
            | Mooring line | Wall Street Journal | 09 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | It may be looped for a throw | New York Times | 06 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Cowpoke's coil | USA Today | 19 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Skip it for fun | Family Time | 18 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | One may be tied around a saddle horn | The Washington Post | 15 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | One may be tied around a saddle horn | LA Times Daily | 15 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | *Hitch material, and one of ten one-word movies in this puzzle directed by the honoree | Wall Street Journal | 10 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | You can skip it | The Washington Post | 31 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | You can skip it | LA Times Daily | 31 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Part of a climber's gear |  |  | 
          
            | In seminar, open binder |  |  | 
          
            | Skipping requirement |  |  | 
          
            | Skipping ___ |  |  | 
          
            | Lasso material |  |  | 
          
            | It may be used in the conservatory | Wall Street Journal | 13 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Rock climber's aid | USA Today | 10 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Part of a boxing ring barrier | USA Today | 06 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Dogie catcher | LA Times Daily | 20 May 2019 | 
          
            | Dogie catcher | The Washington Post | 20 May 2019 | 
          
            | Something to skip | Newsday | 16 May 2019 | 
          
            | Skipping requirement? |  |  | 
          
            | Clue weapon | Wall Street Journal | 08 May 2019 | 
          
            | Cordon (off) | New York Times | 01 May 2019 | 
          
            | You can skip it | Family Time | 21 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Weapon in Clue | The Washington Post | 15 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Weapon in Clue | LA Times Daily | 15 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war need |  |  | 
          
            | Tug-of-war gear |  |  | 
          
            | Material for a rock climber's harness | New York Times | 18 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Some European cable? | The Sun Two Speed | 16 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Strong cord, say like a lasso |  |  | 
          
            | Thick cord | Newsday | 14 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Plaything that's skipped | USA Today | 05 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Plaything that's skipped |  |  | 
          
            | One may be tied around a saddle horn |  |  | 
          
            | Weapon in Clue |  |  | 
          
            | *Hitch material, and one of ten one-word movies in this puzzle directed by the honoree |  |  | 
          
            | Part of a boxing ring barrier |  |  | 
          
            | Rock climber's aid |  |  | 
          
            | It may be skipped |  |  | 
          
            | Mooring line |  |  | 
          
            | Material for a rock climber's harness |  |  | 
          
            | It may be looped for a throw |  |  | 
          
            | Cordon (off) |  |  | 
          
            | You can skip it |  |  | 
          
            | Dogie catcher |  |  | 
          
            | Clue weapon |  |  | 
          
            | It may be used in the conservatory |  |  | 
          
            | Cowpoke's coil |  |  | 
          
            | Lifesaver attachment |  |  | 
          
            | Cowpoke's lasso | Newsday | 24 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Thick cord | The Telegraph Quick | 11 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Cord | The Telegraph Quick | 06 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Skip it! | New York Times | 30 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Classic strategy in the boxing ring | New York Times | 24 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Tug of war need | Wall Street Journal | 08 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Double Dutch necessity | Universal | 06 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Weapon for Mrs. Peacock | Wall Street Journal | 25 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Boxing ring boundary | LA Times Daily | 23 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Boxing ring boundary | The Washington Post | 23 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Reportedly keeps back vital equipment for tower |  |  | 
          
            | Block and tackle part | Wall Street Journal | 10 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Part of a ring perimeter | USA Today | 19 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war staple |  |  | 
          
            | One often thrown from a horse | The Washington Post | 11 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | One often thrown from a horse | LA Times Daily | 11 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Skipping need |  |  | 
          
            | Cattle-catching gear | USA Today | 03 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Men's back exercise — skipping, say? |  |  | 
          
            | Thing to skip | Family Time | 29 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | It's skipped at playgrounds | USA Today | 27 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Lasso | Thomas Joseph | 16 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Linked climbing party, thorough, outer pair removed |  |  | 
          
            | Calf catcher | Universal | 30 May 2018 | 
          
            | Skipping ___ |  |  | 
          
            | Mountaineer's need | Universal | 30 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Trapeze supporter | The Washington Post Sunday | 29 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | It's often skipped | LA Times Daily | 06 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | It's often skipped | The Washington Post | 06 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Potential weapon for Professor Plum | Wall Street Journal | 03 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Cord for lasso? |  |  | 
          
            | Snare, as a dogie | USA Today | 26 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | Mountaineer's need | New York Times | 22 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | Plastic Clue weapon | New York Times | 16 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | Catch rodeo-style |  |  | 
          
            | Operates out East and it's secure? | Irish Times Crosaire | 03 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | What lassos are made of |  |  | 
          
            | One often thrown from a horse |  |  | 
          
            | Weapon for Mrs. Peacock |  |  | 
          
            | Tug of war need |  |  | 
          
            | Cattle-catching gear |  |  | 
          
            | Boxing ring boundary |  |  | 
          
            | Calf catcher |  |  | 
          
            | It's skipped at playgrounds |  |  | 
          
            | Part of a ring perimeter |  |  | 
          
            | Part of a tire swing |  |  | 
          
            | Skip it! |  |  | 
          
            | Plastic Clue weapon |  |  | 
          
            | Double Dutch necessity |  |  | 
          
            | Mountaineer's need |  |  | 
          
            | Mountaineer's need |  |  | 
          
            | Classic strategy in the boxing ring |  |  | 
          
            | Potential weapon for Professor Plum |  |  | 
          
            | Block and tackle part |  |  | 
          
            | It's often skipped |  |  | 
          
            | Snare, as a dogie |  |  | 
          
            | Tug-of-war need | USA Today | 30 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Cable car opens a bit |  |  | 
          
            | 1948 Hitchcock thriller |  |  | 
          
            | Tug-of-war necessity | Universal | 07 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Hitch film |  |  | 
          
            | 50-Down material | USA Today | 03 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Parade balloon handler's handful | Newsday | 30 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war need | Newsday | 21 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Lasso material |  |  | 
          
            | Guy maybe getting engineers to accept work | The Telegraph Cryptic | 01 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Tug of war need | USA Today | 17 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Rock climber's gear | Newsday | 06 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Part of a ring's boundary | USA Today | 02 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Guy, perhaps burglar, opening houses |  |  | 
          
            | Need for tug-of-war | New York Times | 18 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war requirement | Universal | 16 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Something to skip | Family Time | 09 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Thick cord | Universal | 01 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | What a lasso is |  |  | 
          
            | Weapon for Professor Plum | Wall Street Journal | 24 May 2017 | 
          
            | Skipping requirement |  |  | 
          
            | Mountain climber's lifeline | USA Today | 03 May 2017 | 
          
            | Strong thick cord | Irish Times Simplex | 30 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Rodeo gear | Newsday | 19 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Tug-of-war need |  |  | 
          
            | 50-Down material |  |  | 
          
            | Mountain climber's lifeline |  |  | 
          
            | Part of a ring's boundary |  |  | 
          
            | Tug of war need |  |  | 
          
            | Thick cord |  |  | 
          
            | Need for tug-of-war |  |  | 
          
            | Tug-of-war requirement |  |  | 
          
            | Tug-of-war necessity |  |  | 
          
            | Tool for catching a calf | Universal | 25 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Part of a pulley | Newsday | 23 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Painter makes small change in deer |  |  | 
          
            | Rodeo tool | Universal | 06 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Double Dutch gear | The Washington Post | 14 Sep 2016 | 
          
            | Makeup of some ladders | The Washington Post | 25 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | One of the weapons in Clue | Wall Street Journal | 26 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Jumper's need | Family Time | 25 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Cowboy gear | Newsday | 03 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Part of a hangman drawing | New York Times | 20 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Door opens, holding cord | The Telegraph Cryptic | 15 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Weapon in Clue | Universal | 19 May 2016 | 
          
            | Work wearing short red tie |  |  | 
          
            | Rappeller's need | New York Times | 28 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Weapon for Colonel Mustard | Family Time | 06 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Wild West show prop | Newsday | 21 Feb 2016 | 
          
            | Tool for catching a calf |  |  | 
          
            | Part of a hangman drawing |  |  | 
          
            | Cable is part of property | The Sun Two Speed | 28 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Weapon in Clue | New York Times | 22 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Leeway metaphor | LA Times Daily | 20 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Dismissed first player, point secured in tie |  |  | 
          
            | Tug-of-war need | Wall Street Journal | 03 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Gallows sight | Wall Street Journal | 28 Oct 2015 | 
          
            | Cow catcher | Eugene Sheffer | 05 Oct 2015 | 
          
            | Thing climbed in gym class | Family Time | 05 Oct 2015 | 
          
            | It can be skipped | Family Time | 04 Oct 2015 | 
          
            | Hitchcock tour de force | Eugene Sheffer | 09 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | 'Clue' weapon | Eugene Sheffer | 01 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | Mustard weapon, possibly | LA Times Daily | 28 Jun 2015 | 
          
            | Strong cord | Newsday | 26 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Partition, with "off" | LA Times Daily | 25 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Cow catcher | USA Today | 12 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | A kid might skip it | USA Today | 21 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | About to grab work to become secure |  |  | 
          
            | Clue weapon | LA Times Daily | 18 Feb 2015 | 
          
            | It may be skipped | Universal | 02 Feb 2015 | 
          
            | Rock-climbing gear | Newsday | 29 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | Weapon for Colonel Mustard | Wall Street Journal | 16 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | 1948 Hitchcock film |  |  | 
          
            | Cow catcher |  |  | 
          
            | A kid might skip it |  |  | 
          
            | Weapon in Clue |  |  | 
          
            | Tug-of-war cord |  |  | 
          
            | Strong cord |  |  | 
          
            | Something to skip |  |  | 
          
            | Rock-climbing gear |  |  | 
          
            | Lasso |  |  | 
          
            | Clue weapon |  |  | 
          
            | Partition, with "off" |  |  | 
          
            | Weapon for Colonel Mustard |  |  | 
          
            | Tug-of-war need |  |  | 
          
            | Gallows sight |  |  | 
          
            | Tug-of-war necessity |  |  | 
          
            | Tug-of-war need |  |  | 
          
            | Leeway metaphor |  |  | 
          
            | Mustard weapon, possibly |  |  | 
          
            | It may be skipped |  |  | 
          
            | Rock climber's gear |  |  | 
          
            | Tug-of-war need |  |  | 
          
            | Tug-of-war need |  |  | 
          
            | You can skip it |  |  | 
          
            | Lasso, for example |  |  | 
          
            | Boxing ring encloser |  |  | 
          
            | Sting "Dead Man's ___" |  |  | 
          
            | Pulley part |  |  | 
          
            | Ring barrier |  |  | 
          
            | Tug-of-war need |  |  | 
          
            | Skip it |  |  | 
          
            | Tire swing part |  |  | 
          
            | Weapon choice for Professor Plum |  |  | 
          
            | Rodeo accessory |  |  | 
          
            | Line at the dock |  |  | 
          
            | Hemp product |  |  | 
          
            | Pulley part |  |  | 
          
            | Snag with a lasso |  |  | 
          
            | Sheet in a regatta |  |  | 
          
            | Blue October "Jump ___" |  |  | 
          
            | Clash "Give 'Em Enough ___" |  |  | 
          
            | Piton insert |  |  | 
          
            | Mountaineering need |  |  | 
          
            | Certain jumper's need |  |  | 
          
            | Anchor attachment |  |  | 
          
            | Boxing ring encloser |  |  | 
          
            | Sailing necessity |  |  | 
          
            | 1948 Hitchcock thriller |  |  | 
          
            | What Blue October jumps for exercise? |  |  | 
          
            | One thrown at a rodeo |  |  | 
          
            | It's fit to be tied |  |  | 
          
            | Cowpoke's coil |  |  | 
          
            | It may be skipped |  |  | 
          
            | Ensnare, with "in" |  |  | 
          
            | Velvet barrier |  |  | 
          
            | Weapon in Clue |  |  | 
          
            | Thick cord |  |  | 
          
            | Clue weapon |  |  | 
          
            | Dupe, with "in" |  |  | 
          
            | Sheet in a regatta |  |  | 
          
            | Painter's material |  |  | 
          
            | Climbing gear |  |  | 
          
            | Lariat, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Tug-of-war item |  |  | 
          
            | Lasso |  |  | 
          
            | Wrestling ring encloser |  |  | 
          
            | Rock climber's need |  |  | 
          
            | Lifeguard's equipment |  |  | 
          
            | Snare material |  |  | 
          
            | Clue weapon |  |  | 
          
            | It might be skipped |  |  | 
          
            | Rocky Balboa skipped it |  |  | 
          
            | Rocky Balboa skipped it |  |  | 
          
            | It might be skipped |  |  | 
          
            | Dogie catcher |  |  | 
          
            | Boxing-ring encloser |  |  | 
          
            | Double Dutch need |  |  | 
          
            | Mountain climber's need |  |  | 
          
            | Weapon for Professor Plum |  |  | 
          
            | Weapon in Clue |  |  | 
          
            | What some kids skip |  |  | 
          
            | Riata, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Rocket From the Crypt "On a ___" |  |  | 
          
            | Rodeo gear |  |  | 
          
            | Candlestick alternative, in a classic game |  |  | 
          
            | Part of a bell tower |  |  | 
          
            | Boxing ring encloser |  |  | 
          
            | The "sheet" in "three sheets to the wind" |  |  | 
          
            | Anchor attachment |  |  | 
          
            | Climbing gear |  |  | 
          
            | Dogie catcher |  |  | 
          
            | Jumper's need |  |  | 
          
            | Lariat |  |  | 
          
            | Mountain climber's need |  |  | 
          
            | Lasso material |  |  | 
          
            | Will Rogers prop |  |  | 
          
            | Mooring cord |  |  | 
          
            | Cord |  |  | 
          
            | Cattle catcher |  |  | 
          
            | Hitchcock classic seemingly filmed in one continuous take |  |  | 
          
            | Hitchcock movie about a thrill killing |  |  | 
          
            | Thin White ___ |  |  | 
          
            | Mountain-climbing aid |  |  | 
          
            | Rodeo gear |  |  | 
          
            | It might be skipped |  |  | 
          
            | Lariat material |  |  | 
          
            | Weapon for Colonel Mustard |  |  | 
          
            | Lariat material |  |  | 
          
            | Wall-climbing equipment |  |  | 
          
            | Halyard or hawser |  |  | 
          
            | It may be used by Professor Plum |  |  | 
          
            | Lasso |  |  | 
          
            | Double Dutch need |  |  | 
          
            | Boxing ring boundary |  |  | 
          
            | Catch, rodeo-style |  |  | 
          
            | Weapon for Professor Plum |  |  | 
          
            | Clue weapon |  |  | 
          
            | Wall-climbing equipment |  |  | 
          
            | Soap holder |  |  | 
          
            | Boxing ring boundary |  |  | 
          
            | Snare, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | You may skip it |  |  | 
          
            | Boxing-ring encloser |  |  | 
          
            | Line on a boat |  |  | 
          
            | Climber's cord |  |  | 
          
            | Use a lasso on |  |  | 
          
            | Double Dutch need |  |  | 
          
            | Mountaineering need |  |  | 
          
            | Something to skip |  |  | 
          
            | Anchor attachment |  |  | 
          
            | Catch, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | Double Dutch need |  |  | 
          
            | Hitchcock film starring James Stewart |  |  | 
          
            | Tug-of-war item |  |  | 
          
            | Anchor attachment |  |  | 
          
            | Dogie-catching tool |  |  | 
          
            | Lasso |  |  | 
          
            | Sailor's sheet |  |  | 
          
            | Tug-of-war gear |  |  | 
          
            | Will Rogers prop |  |  | 
          
            | Will Rogers prop |  |  | 
          
            | Weapon in Clue |  |  | 
          
            | Cowpoke's coil |  |  | 
          
            | Skipped thing (and a hint to 20-, 32-, 41-, and 57-Across) |  |  | 
          
            | Lariat |  |  | 
          
            | Tug-of-war gear |  |  | 
          
            | Sailor's sheet |  |  | 
          
            | Lasso |  |  | 
          
            | Dogie-catching tool |  |  | 
          
            | Anchor attachment |  |  | 
          
            | Cord |  |  | 
          
            | Hillbilly's belt |  |  | 
          
            | It's often skipped at school |  |  | 
          
            | Rock climber's equipment |  |  | 
          
            | Catch, as livestock |  |  | 
          
            | "Clue" weapon |  |  | 
          
            | Macramé medium |  |  | 
          
            | Hitchcock classic |  |  | 
          
            | Suck (in) |  |  | 
          
            | Piton insert |  |  | 
          
            | Hitchcock's first color film |  |  | 
          
            | Clue weapon |  |  | 
          
            | Composition of some ladders |  |  | 
          
            | It may be skipped |  |  | 
          
            | It might be skipped |  |  | 
          
            | Tying material |  |  | 
          
            | Catch cattle |  |  | 
          
            | Climbing gear |  |  | 
          
            | Weapon in Clue |  |  | 
          
            | Hitchcock film based on the Leopold and Loeb case |  |  | 
          
            | Velvet barrier |  |  | 
          
            | Tug-of-war requirement |  |  | 
          
            | Hitchcock thriller |  |  | 
          
            | Suck (in) |  |  | 
          
            | Jump or skip finish |  |  | 
          
            | Dude ranch prop |  |  | 
          
            | Weapon in the game Clue |  |  | 
          
            | Climbing wall equipment |  |  | 
          
            | Hawser |  |  | 
          
            | Just skip it |  |  | 
          
            | The "sheet" in "three sheets to the wind" |  |  | 
          
            | Just skip it |  |  | 
          
            | The "sheet" in "three sheets to the wind" |  |  | 
          
            | Hawser, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Makeup of some ladders |  |  | 
          
            | Lasso |  |  | 
          
            | It's often skipped |  |  | 
          
            | Entice, with "in" |  |  | 
          
            | Weapon in the game Clue |  |  | 
          
            | Catch, as calves |  |  | 
          
            | Carabiner insert |  |  | 
          
            | Piece of rodeo gear |  |  | 
          
            | Cable alternative |  |  | 
          
            | Cowboy's aid |  |  | 
          
            | Lifeline, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Weapon in the game Clue |  |  | 
          
            | Burn cause, at times |  |  | 
          
            | Double Dutch item |  |  | 
          
            | Funambulist's tool |  |  | 
          
            | It may be skipped |  |  | 
          
            | One of two needed for double Dutch |  |  | 
          
            | Clue weapon |  |  | 
          
            | Early Hitchcock film |  |  | 
          
            | Ring side |  |  | 
          
            | Wrestling ring encloser |  |  | 
          
            | Tug-of-war equipment |  |  | 
          
            | Reata material |  |  | 
          
            | Catch, as cattle |  |  | 
          
            | Cruise line? |  |  | 
          
            | Cowpoke's gear |  |  | 
          
            | A kid might skip it |  |  | 
          
            | You may skip it |  |  | 
          
            | Hitchcock thriller |  |  | 
          
            | Piece of rodeo gear |  |  | 
          
            | Cruise line? |  |  | 
          
            | Will Rogers' prop |  |  | 
          
            | Climbing gear |  |  | 
          
            | Heavy cord |  |  | 
          
            | Type of gold chain |  |  | 
          
            | You can get tied up in it |  |  | 
          
            | __ off (partition) |  |  | 
          
            | It may be skipped |  |  | 
          
            | It can be a lifesaver |  |  | 
          
            | It gets jumped |  |  | 
          
            | It might be skipped |  |  | 
          
            | Lariat material |  |  | 
          
            | Lassoer's cord |  |  | 
          
            | One may be skipped |  |  | 
          
            | Heavy gold chain |  |  | 
          
            | Weapon in Clue |  |  | 
          
            | Tug-of-war equipment |  |  | 
          
            | Noose material |  |  | 
          
            | 1948 James Stewart film |  |  | 
          
            | Hitchcock thriller |  |  | 
          
            | Retrieve a dogie |  |  | 
          
            | You can skip it |  |  | 
          
            | Lariat material |  |  | 
          
            | Wild West show prop |  |  | 
          
            | Style of gold chain |  |  | 
          
            | "Clue" weapon |  |  | 
          
            | Lasso |  |  | 
          
            | Part of a climber's gear |  |  | 
          
            | Piece of rodeo gear |  |  | 
          
            | Composition of some ladders |  |  | 
          
            | Piece of rodeo gear |  |  | 
          
            | Enclose, with "off" |  |  | 
          
            | Skip it |  |  | 
          
            | Skip it |  |  | 
          
            | Rappelling gear |  |  | 
          
            | Lasso |  |  | 
          
            | 1948 Hitchcock thriller |  |  | 
          
            | Hitchcock's first color film |  |  | 
          
            | Cowboy gear |  |  | 
          
            | Cowboy's gear |  |  | 
          
            | Cowboy's need |  |  | 
          
            | Rodeo throw |  |  | 
          
            | Soap holder |  |  | 
          
            | Houdini essential |  |  | 
          
            | Rodeo necessity |  |  | 
          
            | Skip it |  |  | 
          
            | Double Dutch need |  |  | 
          
            | Hitchcock nail-biter |  |  | 
          
            | Catch a steer |  |  | 
          
            | "Clue" weapon |  |  | 
          
            | "What will you use?" |  |  | 
          
            | Something to skip? |  |  | 
          
            | You can skip it |  |  | 
          
            | Noose material |  |  | 
          
            | Marina moorer |  |  | 
          
            | Mountain-climbing aid |  |  | 
          
            | Hitchcock title |  |  | 
          
            | 1948 Alfred Hitchcock thriller |  |  | 
          
            | Braided cord |  |  | 
          
            | Catch, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | Hitchcock's first color film |  |  | 
          
            | You can skip it |  |  | 
          
            | Skip it |  |  | 
          
            | Rock climber's equipment |  |  | 
          
            | Catch rodeo-style |  |  | 
          
            | Hitchcock film |  |  | 
          
            | Boxing ring boundary |  |  | 
          
            | Tug of war requirement |  |  | 
          
            | Mountaineering gear |  |  | 
          
            | See 66 Across |  |  | 
          
            | You can get tied up in one |  |  | 
          
            | Cow catcher |  |  | 
          
            | CLUE weapon |  |  | 
          
            | Object in gym class |  |  | 
          
            | Wrestling ring encloser |  |  | 
          
            | Hitchcock classic |  |  | 
          
            | Lariat |  |  | 
          
            | Snag dogies |  |  | 
          
            | 1948 Hitchcock thriller |  |  | 
          
            | Snag doggies |  |  | 
          
            | Velvet barrier |  |  | 
          
            | Cord |  |  | 
          
            | Snag, as dogies |  |  | 
          
            | Hitchcock classic |  |  | 
          
            | Noose material |  |  | 
          
            | Lasso material |  |  | 
          
            | It may be skipped |  |  | 
          
            | Hitchcock classic |  |  | 
          
            | Tool for a funambulist |  |  | 
          
            | Weapon in Clue |  |  | 
          
            | ___ off: enclose |  |  | 
          
            | Lasso material |  |  | 
          
            | Weapon in the game "Clue" |  |  | 
          
            | Catch a cayuse |  |  | 
          
            | Lanyard |  |  | 
          
            | Anchor attachment, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Lasso |  |  | 
          
            | Noose material |  |  | 
          
            | It may be skipped |  |  | 
          
            | Dude ranch object |  |  | 
          
            | Funambulist's tool |  |  | 
          
            | Hitchcock's 1948 film |  |  | 
          
            | Lasso, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Tie or lanyard |  |  | 
          
            | Macram  material |  |  | 
          
            | 1948 Hitchcock film |  |  | 
          
            | Weapon in the game Clue |  |  | 
          
            | Prop for Will Rogers |  |  | 
          
            | Parents may feel they're at the end of it |  |  | 
          
            | Sailor's sheet |  |  | 
          
            | It's fit to be tied |  |  | 
          
            | Experimental Hitchcock film |  |  | 
          
            | It's fit to be tied |  |  | 
          
            | Dude ranch prop |  |  | 
          
            | Style of gold chain |  |  | 
          
            | Something to climb |  |  | 
          
            | Skip it |  |  | 
          
            | Nautical line |  |  | 
          
            | Pappelling need |  |  | 
          
            | Lariat |  |  | 
          
            | Snag dogies |  |  | 
          
            | Rodeo item |  |  | 
          
            | Mountaineering gear |  |  | 
          
            | Lariat |  |  | 
          
            | Hitchcock hit |  |  | 
          
            | Cowboy tool |  |  | 
          
            | Hitchcock classic |  |  | 
          
            | Tool for a funambulist |  |  | 
          
            | Lifesaving item |  |  | 
          
            | Hitchcock hit |  |  | 
          
            | 1948 Hitchcock film |  |  | 
          
            | Lifesaving equipment |  |  | 
          
            | Rodeo prop |  |  | 
          
            | Catch calves |  |  | 
          
            | Mountaineer's need |  |  | 
          
            | Lifeguard's equipment |  |  | 
          
            | It's pulled on a pulley |  |  | 
          
            | Riata |  |  | 
          
            | Hawser |  |  | 
          
            | "Clue" weapon |  |  | 
          
            | His 1948 film |  |  | 
          
            | Entice, with "in" |  |  | 
          
            | String of pearls  e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Noose maker |  |  | 
          
            | Ring element |  |  | 
          
            | Velvet barrier |  |  | 
          
            | Hitchcock nail-biter |  |  | 
          
            | Catch in a way |  |  | 
          
            | Cowboy's equipment |  |  | 
          
            | Hitchcock film: 1948 |  |  | 
          
            | 1948 Hitchcock nail-biter |  |  | 
          
            | Guy, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | With 6-Down, Ali maneuver |  |  | 
          
            | Ratline |  |  | 
          
            | Lasso material |  |  | 
          
            | Prop for Rogers |  |  | 
          
            | Towing gear |  |  | 
          
            | Funambulist's footing |  |  | 
          
            | Halyard |  |  | 
          
            | Espadrille-sole feature |  |  | 
          
            | Product from sisal |  |  | 
          
            | This can put you in a bind |  |  | 
          
            | Funambulist's need |  |  | 
          
            | Riata |  |  | 
          
            | Hemp product |  |  | 
          
            | Ship's sheet |  |  | 
          
            | Clothesline |  |  | 
          
            | Halter |  |  | 
          
            | String around a ring |  |  | 
          
            | Use a lariat |  |  | 
          
            | Hitchcock thriller: 1948 |  |  | 
          
            | Tower's item |  |  | 
          
            | ___ in (dupe) |  |  | 
          
            | Glider-towplane link |  |  | 
          
            | Rodeo item |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of dancer or walker |  |  | 
          
            | Do ranch work |  |  | 
          
            | Bell attachment |  |  | 
          
            | Hawser |  |  | 
          
            | Lariat or riata |  |  | 
          
            | Jackstay |  |  | 
          
            | Leeway |  |  | 
          
            | Hogtie |  |  | 
          
            | Bobstay |  |  | 
          
            | Hawser, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of ladder |  |  | 
          
            | Lanyard |  |  | 
          
            | Ali's ___-a-dope |  |  | 
          
            | Funambulist's surface |  |  | 
          
            | Manila, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Ring appurtenance |  |  | 
          
            | Do rodeo work |  |  | 
          
            | Cheap cigar |  |  | 
          
            | Involve, with "in" |  |  | 
          
            | String's big brother |  |  | 
          
            | Word for a cheap cigar |  |  | 
          
            | ___ in (entice) |  |  | 
          
            | Will Rogers prop |  |  | 
          
            | Cable |  |  | 
          
            | Cordage item |  |  | 
          
            | Twisted strings of pearls. |  |  | 
          
            | String, as of pearls. |  |  | 
          
            | Painter. |  |  | 
          
            | Tie, in a way. |  |  | 
          
            | Tug-of-war item. |  |  | 
          
            | Skipping ___. |  |  | 
          
            | Mountaineer's need. |  |  | 
          
            | Cable. |  |  | 
          
            | String of pearls. |  |  | 
          
            | Twisted string, as of pearls. |  |  | 
          
            | Hog-tie. |  |  | 
          
            | Lasso. |  |  | 
          
            | Roundup gear |  |  | 
          
            | Line |  |  | 
          
            | Halter. |  |  | 
          
            | Cowboy gear |  |  | 
          
            | Cheap cigar: Slang. |  |  | 
          
            | Do a rodeo job. |  |  | 
          
            | Clothesline. |  |  | 
          
            | Entice, with "in." |  |  | 
          
            | Hawser. |  |  | 
          
            | Tie up. |  |  | 
          
            | See 5 Across. |  |  | 
          
            | Cowboy adjunct. |  |  | 
          
            | Marline. |  |  | 
          
            | Tug of war item. |  |  | 
          
            | Mountaineer's equipment. |  |  | 
          
            | Do ranch work. |  |  | 
          
            | Product from sisal. |  |  | 
          
            | "Man is a ___ stretched between the animal and the superman."—Nietzsche. |  |  | 
          
            | Clue weapon |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of trick. |  |  | 
          
            | Towing gear. |  |  | 
          
            | Equipment of Jack Ketch. |  |  | 
          
            | Stay or shroud. |  |  | 
          
            | Material for a kind of ladder. |  |  | 
          
            | Hemp. |  |  | 
          
            | Equipment for a famous trick. |  |  | 
          
            | Mountain climber's equipment. |  |  | 
          
            | A Hitchcock movie. |  |  | 
          
            | Line. |  |  | 
          
            | Lanyard. |  |  | 
          
            | Cheap cigar. |  |  | 
          
            | Ratlin. |  |  | 
          
            | Cowboy's equipment. |  |  | 
          
            | Equipment of Jack Ketch | New York Times | 15 Feb 1942 |