Put the collar on

The answer

ARREST

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ARREST answer page.

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2014. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• NAB (16 uses in xd)
• RANIN (5 uses in xd)

Other clues for ARREST

Every other clue in this collection answered by ARREST, most used first.

• Take into custody - used 65 times, most recently in 2025
• Check - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Collar - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Run in - used 36 times, most recently in 2024
• Stop - used 22 times, most recently in 2022
• Haul in - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Apprehend - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Slap the cuffs on - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Nab - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Police action - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Slap cuffs on - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Halt - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Flatfoot's collar - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Stem - used 6 times, most recently in 2018

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• In the thick of - AMIDST, used 91 times
• Takes the wheel - STEERS, used 75 times
• On the beach - ASHORE, used 74 times
• On the go - ACTIVE, used 73 times
• Capital of the Bahamas - NASSAU, used 64 times
• City on the Rio Grande - LAREDO, used 64 times

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