Peter Crouch's brace sent Blackburn to a rare home defeat as Tottenham moved up to fourth with a clinical win.
Spurs took the lead in first-half stoppage time when Crouch rose highest to head in Niko Kranjcar's cross.
And they wrapped up a crucial three points late on when the frontman kept his calm to slot home one-on-one.
In between, Rovers twice hit the post through Benni McCarthy, who was also denied by Heurelho Gomes, but they could not break down a resolute Spurs.
It was a second clean sheet in a week for Tottenham, who in the absence of Ledley King and Jonathan Woodgate appear to have stumbled across a fine centre-half pairing in Michael Dawson and Sebastien Bassong.
But while Wednesday's 3-0 home defeat of Manchester City was an exercise in sweeping attacking play and guile, their win at Ewood Park was all about character and discipline.
It was the perfect response following the recent controversy over the players' Christmas party and serves further notice of the Londoners' top-four ambitions this campaign.
For Blackburn, though, it was only a third home defeat in a year under Sam Allardyce, and they will feel rightly frustrated following a match that for long periods looked like it could go either way.
Certainly the hosts enjoyed the better possession for much of the match, and provided a decent test of Tottenham's rearguard during a first half full of bluster from both sides, if low on quality in the final third in freezing conditions
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