Answer: TACT
TACT is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 159 times.
Referring Clues:
- Diplomat's skill
- Savoir-faire
- Mediator's skill
- Peacekeeping skill
- Remaining silent, at times
- Certain grace
- Social asset
- Diplomat's forte
- Delicate use of words
- Diplomatic trait
- Playing to someone's vanity, maybe
- Knowing when to be silent, e.g.
- Delicacy
- Sign of refinement
- Social grace
- Diplomacy
- Boor's lack
- Good host's gift
- Discretion
- Oafs lack it
- Remaining silent, sometimes
- Yahoos lack it
- Public relations need
- Delicacy at a state dinner?
- Diplomat's asset
- Social skill
- Delicateness
- Opposite of gaucheness
- Diplomatic skill
- What it may take to answer the question "Does this make me look fat?"
- Poise
- "The ability to describe others as they see themselves": Lincoln
- Ambassador's forte
- "___ teaches you when to be silent": Disraeli
- Churls lack it
- Asset in answering the question "Does this dress make me look fat?"
- What it takes not to say "I see you've put on a little weight"
- "The ability to describe others as they see themselves," to Lincoln
- Way with words
- Mediator's asset
- Sensitivity
- Asset for a diplomat
- Politician's skill
- Diplomatic quality
- Politesse
- Diplomat's need
- Diplomat's talent
- Civility
- Good people skills
- Delicatesse
- Negotiator's skill
- Churl's lack
- Skill not displayed by asking "Have you put on weight?"
- Mediator's forte
- Finesse
- Ambassador's skill
- Negotiation skill
- Ambassador's asset
- Delicate handling
- Rice attribute
- Sense for avoiding offense
- Diplomat's requirement
- What churls lack
- Diplomatic asset
- Savoir-faire, e.g.
- It's de rigueur for a diplomat
- Ambassadors need it
- Consideration in dealing with others
- Statesmanship
- Campaigner's skill
- Delicate use of words, e.g.
- Arbiter's quality
- Savoir faire
- Good quality for a politician
- Asset for an ambassador
- Press Secretary's asset
- Diplomat's stock-in-trade
- Diplomatic finesse
- Keen perception
- Diplomat's trait
- Mediation asset
- Public relations requirement
- Saying "I'm not sure that dress looks perfect on you," e.g.
- Careful phrasing, perhaps
- Bumpkin's lack
- Diplomat-ic skill
- Diplo-macy
- Diplomat's sine qua non
- "Making a point without making an enemy," per Newton
- Careful wording, maybe
- People person's skill
- Arbitrator's asset
- "The art of making guests feel at home when that's really where you wish they were"
- People-person's skill
- Asset of the Secretary of State
- Call or email
- Diplomat's gift
- Skill needed when being asked "Does this dress make me look fat?"
- Diplomatic necessity
- Diplomat's possession
- What it may take to answer "Do you think I need to lose some weight?"
- What might be revealed in silence
- It "teaches you when to be silent," per Disraeli
- Diplomat's specialty
- Attention to propriety
- "The ability to describe others as they see themselves," per Lincoln
- Curmudgeon's lack
- Politician's asset
- Social sense
- Careful handling
- "The art of making a point without making an enemy"
- Interpersonal finesse
- Lout's lack
- "It is ___ that is golden, not silence": Samuel Butler
- Social adroitness
- Social finesse
- Asset for a press secretary
- Kid gloves
- Asset in public relations
- White lie, perhaps
- Negotiator's asset
- Political asset
- Moderator's skill
- Diplomatic discretion
- Sense of propriety
- Social attribute
- Sense of diplomacy
- Phrasing so as not to offend, say
- Diplomats have it
- Delicacy of demeanor
- Something lacking freshness
- "The ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes," per Harry Truman
- Arbitrator's skill
- Skill useful in delicate situations
- Careful word choice, maybe
- Peacemaker's asset
- Social subtlety
- Social delicacy
- Skill with people
- Negotiating asset
- Careful use of words
- Touchy subject?
- Diplomat's delicacy
- Delicate touch
- Mediator's strong suit
- It's been called "the art of making a point without making an enemy"
- Social sensitivity
- What boors lack
- Statesman's asset
- What you may use when turning down an invitation
- Asset for a mediator
- It's said to be "the art of recognizing when to be big and when not to belittle"
- Keeping quiet at the right time, say
- Carefulness in words and actions
- Important skill in an awkward interaction
- Good skill for a diplomat
- Diplomatic grace
- Diplomatic sensitivity
- Sense of appropriateness
Last Seen In:
- LA Times - November 15, 2024
- LA Times - October 20, 2024
- USA Today - October 04, 2024
- USA Today - September 16, 2024
- LA Times - September 05, 2024
- LA Times - May 01, 2024
- LA Times - April 10, 2024
- New York Times - March 18, 2024
- New York Times - January 21, 2024
- New York Times - January 15, 2024
- LA Times - November 16, 2023
- USA Today - August 07, 2023
- LA Times - August 02, 2023
- LA Times - June 03, 2023
- New York Times - May 29, 2023
- New York Times - March 24, 2023
- New York Times - March 20, 2023
- USA Today - March 10, 2023
- New York Times - February 26, 2023
- LA Times - February 18, 2023
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