Ransom demander
The crossword clue "Ransom demander" is answered by CAPTOR, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CAPTOR
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CAPTOR answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for CAPTOR
Every other clue in this collection answered by CAPTOR, most used first.
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