Snatch

The answer

NAB

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

Used 50 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 23 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.

• GRAB (171 uses in xd)
• TAKE (16 uses in xd)
• SEIZE (8 uses in xd)
• COP (3 uses in xd)
• KIDNAP (3 uses in xd)

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
• 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

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.

• Born - NEE, used 533 times
• Zero - NIL, used 399 times
• To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
• Teachers' org. - NEA, used 369 times
• Neither's partner - NOR, used 359 times
• Zilch - NIL, used 358 times

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