Apt rhyme for "grab"

The answer

NAB

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NAB answer page.

Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for NAB

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

• Collar - used 207 times, most recently in 2026
• Apprehend - used 183 times, most recently in 2026
• Arrest - used 155 times, most recently in 2026
• Capture - used 112 times, most recently in 2026
• Catch - used 107 times, most recently in 2025
• Catch red-handed - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
• Seize - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• Snatch - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Catch in the act - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Slap the cuffs on - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Pinch - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Take into custody - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Pick up - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Snag - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Seize suddenly - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Catch, as a crook - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Get - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Grab - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Put the collar on - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Run in - used 15 times, most recently in 2018
• Bag - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Catch, as a criminal - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Slap cuffs on - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Nail - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Capture, as a crook - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Put the cuffs on - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Capture a crook - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Capture, as a burglar - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Arrest, informally - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Catch cold? - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Collar, as a crook - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Haul in - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Apt rhyme of "grab" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Ensnare - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Pinch, as a perp - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• For each - PER, used 391 times
• "For shame!" - TSK, used 208 times
• Back muscle, for short - LAT, used 189 times
• Tit for ___ - TAT, used 189 times
• "For __ a jolly good fellow..." - HES, used 155 times
• Life story, for short - BIO, used 140 times

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