Crossword clues for the word: TREADWATER The word TREADWATER has appeared as an answer to at least 9 crossword clues on different crossword puzzles. Crossword clues for TREADWATER Showing 1 to 9 of 9 results Clue(s) "Get along, but make no progress" "Stay in place, in a way" Keep afloat via leg action Make no progress Neither sink nor swim Stay afloat Stay afloat in place Stay afloat, in a way Time one of those on the books got over what America thinks leaders do to stop them from going under