Catches forty winks
The crossword clue "Catches forty winks" is answered by NAPS, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NAPS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NAPS answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 5 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.
- SNOOZES (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for NAPS
Every other clue in this collection answered by NAPS, most used first.
- Siestas - used 101 times, most recently in 2026
- Snoozes - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Short snoozes - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Catches some z's - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Dozes - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- Short sleeps - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Is off guard - used 12 times, most recently in 2009
- Piles - used 11 times, most recently in 2012
- Day breaks - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Short rests - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Afternoon breaks - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Afternoon snoozes - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Drops off - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Takes a siesta - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Brief sleeps - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Drifts off - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Kindergarten breaks - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Quick snoozes - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Rests - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Takes a snooze - used 6 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.
- Catches some rays - TANS, used 57 times
- Catches - NABS, used 44 times
- Catches sight of - SEES, used 33 times
- "Ali ___ and the Forty Thieves" - BABA, used 32 times
- Catches red-handed - NABS, used 31 times
- Catches a glimpse of - SEES, used 30 times
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