- TACT
- Diplomacy
- Diplomat's asset
- Diplomat's trait
- Diplomat's forte
- Savoir-faire
- Good manners
- Attack ad's lack
- Discretion
- Ability to navigate a touchy topic
- Diplomat's gift
- Boor's lack
- Sensitivity
- Ambassador's asset
- Politeness
- Civility
- Poise
- Grace
- Tastefulness
- Boor's deficiency
- Social asset
- It is ___ that is golden, not silence: Samuel Butler
- The ability to describe others as they see themselves, per Abraham Lincoln
- It's all in what you say
- Quality of one who treads carefully
- Choosing one's words carefully
- Opposite of "clumsiness"
- Diplomatic trait
- Ambassador's forte
- Way with words
- Mediator's asset
- Asset for a diplomat
- Diplomatic quality
- Politesse
- Politician's skill
- Mediator's skill
- Delicacy
- Public relations need
- Diplomat's need
- Social skill
- Peacekeeping skill
- Diplomatic finesse
- Public relations requirement
- Diplomatic skill
- Arbitrator's asset
- Asset of the Secretary of State
- Sense for avoiding offense
- Social grace
- What it may take to answer "Do you think I need to lose some weight?"
- Ambassador's quality
- Plus for a politician
- Savior faire
- Social wisdom
- Courtesy
- Finesse
- Social know-how
- Social sense
- Delicate handling
- Negotiator's skill
- Negotiation skill
- Rice attribute
- Ambassador's skill
- Mediator's forte
- Bumpkin's lack
- Diplomat's specialty
- Diplomatic asset
- Political asset
- Peacemaker's asset
- Skill useful in delicate situations
- Diplomat's skill
- Negotiating asset
- Negotiator's asset
- Social sensitivity
- Statesman's asset
- What boors lack
- Social finesse
- Careful handling
- Careful phrasing, perhaps
- Sense of appropriateness
- Handling with care
- Interpersonal finesse
- Ambassadorial asset
- Diplomat's requirement
- What churls lack
- Keen perception
- Making a point without making an enemy, per Newton
- Careful use of words
- Literally, "sense of touch"
- Attention to propriety
- Curmudgeon's lack
- Concern for propriety
- Delicacy of demeanor
- Diplomatic discretion
- Sense of diplomacy
- Sense of propriety
- Something lacking freshness
- Attache's asset.
- Skill with people
- Social subtlety
- Touchy subject?
- Finesse in phrasing
- Blunderbuss's lack
- Diplomat's talent
- Good people skills
- Delicatesse
- Churl's lack
- Gauche person's lack
- Discernment
- Perception.
- Discernment of right thing to do or say.
- Nice discernment.
- Ability to deal with others in difficult situations.
- Diplomat's stock in trade.
- Diplomatic handling.
- Diplomat's requisite.
- Ike's asset.
- Intuitive appreciation of what is proper.
- Asset in top-level talk.
- Diplomatic talent.
- Diplomatic virtue.
- Everyday diplomacy.
- Small-scale diplomacy.
- Talent for diplomacy.
- Delicate perception.
- Headwaiter's asset.
- Relative of discretion.
- Asset for a hostess.
- Discrimination.
- Graceful consideration.
- Considerateness.
- Personal attribute.
- Mediator's must.
- Asset in politics.
- Deft handling
- Social art
- Asset of a P.R. man
- Discrimination, in a nice sense
- Delicate sensitivity
- Dilpomacy's foundation
- The core of rapport
- Subtlety
- What blunt, brusque people lack
- Need of 30 Across
- Perception; poise
- Social attribute
- A social grace
- Core of rapport
- White lie, perhaps
- Miss Manners subject
- Certain grace
- Remaining silent, at times
- Delicate use of words
- Knowing when to be silent, e.g.
- Playing to someone's vanity, maybe
- Sign of refinement
- Good host's gift
- Oafs lack it
- Remaining silent, sometimes
- Yahoos lack it
- Delicacy at a state dinner?
- Delicateness
- Opposite of gaucheness
- What it may take to answer the question "Does this make me look fat?"
- The ability to describe others as they see themselves: Lincoln
- ___ teaches you when to be silent: Disraeli
- Churls lack it
- What it takes not to say "I see you've put on a little weight"
- Mediation asset
- Saying "I'm not sure that dress looks perfect on you," e.g.
- Skill not displayed by asking "Have you put on weight?"
- Careful wording, maybe
- Call or email
- It's been called "the art of making a point without making an enemy"
- What you may use when turning down an invitation
- Skill needed when being asked "Does this dress make me look fat?"
- It "teaches you when to be silent," per Disraeli
- What might be revealed in silence
- The ability to describe others as they see themselves, per Lincoln
- The art of making a point without making an enemy
- Politician's asset
- Asset for a press secretary
- Lout's lack
- Social adroitness
- Phrasing so as not to offend, say
- The ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes, per Harry Truman
- Careful word choice, maybe
- Delicate touch
- 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
- Good skill for a diplomat
- Important skill in an awkward interaction
- Kid gloves
- Quality for someone who knows when it's time to leave, say
- Skill for the diplomatic
- Asset of the socially fluent
- Property of savoir faire
- Semantic delicacy
- Statesmanship
- Diplomat's art
- The art of making a point without making an enemy, per an adage
- Delicacy in an awkward social situation, say
- Diplomat's possession
- Diplomatic sense
- Good quality for a politician
- Asset for an ambassador
- Diplomatic technique
- Savoir-faire, e.g.
- People person's skill
- Diplomatic necessity
- Diplomats have it
- Diplomat's delicacy
- Social delicacy
- Therapist's forte
- Mediator's strong suit
- Diplomatic delicacy
- Arbiter's quality
- Thoughtfulness
- What is socially correct
- Press Secretary's asset
- Campaigner's skill
- Delicate use of words, e.g.
- Ambassadors need it
- Consideration in dealing with others
- It's de rigueur for a diplomat
- Diplomatic touch
- Asset in public relations
- Public relations skill
- Good quality for an ambassador
- Arbitrator's skill
- Skill of sensitivity
- Asset for a mediator
- Carefulness in words and actions
- Diplomatic grace
- Diplomatic sensitivity
- Delicacy, of sorts
- Gaucherie's opposite
- Envoy's asset
- Sensitive handling
- Social media post's lack, often
