Trawls.

The answer

NETS

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NETS answer page.

Used 13 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for NETS

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

• Brooklyn team - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
• Butterfly catchers - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• Takes home - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Clears - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Tennis court dividers - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Tennis barriers - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Brooklyn NBA team - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Brings home - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
• NBA team - used 30 times, most recently in 2023
• New Jersey five - used 29 times, most recently in 2007
• Brooklyn hoopsters - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Trawler gear - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Barclays Center team - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Court dividers - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• New Jersey hoopsters - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Seines - used 23 times, most recently in 2003
• Fishing gear - used 22 times, most recently in 2020
• New Jersey team - used 22 times, most recently in 2018
• Profits - used 22 times, most recently in 2015
• Brooklyn ballers - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Clears after taxes - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Ends up with - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Earns after taxes - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• New Jersey cagers - used 18 times, most recently in 2012
• Badminton barriers - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Brings in - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Catches - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Brooklyn basketball team - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Realizes - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Shows a profit of - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Trawlers' needs - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
• Brooklyn's NBA team - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Keeps after taxes - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Trawling equipment - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Volleyball court dividers - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Clears, on a pay stub - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
• Fish catchers - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Is left with - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• N.B.A. team - used 12 times, most recently in 1990
• Clears, as profit - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Earns after expenses - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Hockey targets - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Snares - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Captures - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• N.J. five - used 10 times, most recently in 1992
• Trawler equipment - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Court partitions - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• Gains. - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• Trawling needs - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Earns - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Meadowlands team - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Badminton court dividers - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Barclays Center squad - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Brooklyn cagers - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Brooklyn squad - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Circus safety gear - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Jersey hoopsters - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Lepidopterists' gear - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Mosquito stoppers - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• New Jersey NBA team - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Pickleball court dividers - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Pulls in - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Shrimpers' gear - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Aerialist's precautions - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Butterfly snarers - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Lacrosse targets - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Tennis dividers - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Trawlers' gear - used 6 times, most recently in 2019

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.

• ___-do-well - NEER, used 511 times
• Zilch - NADA, used 352 times
• Require - NEED, used 321 times
• Tidy - NEAT, used 316 times
• Close by - NEAR, used 299 times
• ___ contendere - NOLO, used 293 times

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