Catch red-handed
The crossword clue "Catch red-handed" is answered by NAIL, a 4-letter entry. Used 37 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2021. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
NAIL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NAIL answer page.
Used 37 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2021. It appears in 11 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.
- BUST (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for NAIL
Every other clue in this collection answered by NAIL, most used first.
- Hammer's target - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
- Hammer target - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Execute perfectly - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Do perfectly - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
- Get exactly right - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Finger feature - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Perform perfectly - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Tack - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
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