Answer: COPES
COPES is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 39 times.
Referring Clues:
- Handles hardship
 - Handles the situation
 - Hacks it
 - Manages
 - Doesn't crack under pressure
 - Makes do
 - Deals (with), as a problem
 - Deals with stress
 - Manages okay
 - Handles difficulties
 - Holds up under pressure
 - Manages somehow
 - Deals with adversity
 - Deals with ordeals
 - Accepts adversity
 - Doesn't succumb to the strain
 - Deals with the strain
 - Hangs in there
 - Contends with difficulties
 - Deals (with)
 - Gets by
 - ___ with; gets a handle on
 - Hits what's pitched
 - Deals with loss, in a way
 - One who gets by
 - Handles bumps in the road
 - Manages to succeed
 - Manages adversity
 - Rolls with the punches
 - Carries on through difficulty
 - Deals with a problem
 - Handles adversity
 - Gets along
 - Deals with difficulties
 - Deals with things
 - Handles tough times
 - Deals
 - Successfully handles a rough patch
 - Manages under pressure
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - October 10, 2025
 - LA Times - May 30, 2025
 - USA Today - May 21, 2025
 - New York Times - April 13, 2025
 - LA Times - September 05, 2022
 - USA Today - December 03, 2021
 - New York Times - November 27, 2021
 - USA Today - August 02, 2021
 - LA Times - December 23, 2020
 - LA Times - November 26, 2020
 - Universal - April 22, 2020
 - LA Times - January 12, 2019
 - New York Times - December 08, 2018
 - New York Times - August 01, 2018
 - Netword - July 20, 2018
 - Netword - November 29, 2017
 - New York Times - November 06, 2017
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 11, 2017
 - New York Times - August 03, 2017
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 17, 2017
 
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