Sweater mishap

The answer

SNAG

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

Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SNAG

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

• Hitch - used 103 times, most recently in 2026
• Obstacle - used 100 times, most recently in 2024
• Unforeseen problem - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
• Fly in the ointment - used 75 times, most recently in 2025
• Catch - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• Unexpected problem - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Glitch - used 60 times, most recently in 2024
• Unexpected obstacle - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Unforeseen obstacle - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Hose woe - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Hidden obstacle - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Impediment - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Hang-up - used 24 times, most recently in 2019
• Minor setback - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Bump in the road - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Complication - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Stumbling block - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
• Difficulty. - used 14 times, most recently in 2006
• Hiccup - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Hitch or glitch - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• Obstruction - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• Hosiery mishap - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
• Unanticipated problem - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Unforeseen glitch - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Problem - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Run producer - used 11 times, most recently in 2007
• Hose problem - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Minor hiccup - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Small setback - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Stocking problem - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Unexpected glitch - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Hosiery woe - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Sudden obstacle - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Unseen problem - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Hindrance - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
• Capture - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Glitch or hitch - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Hitch in plans - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Minor obstacle - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Monkey wrench - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Pantyhose problem - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Pantyhose woe - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Sticking point - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Stocking tear - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Unexpected complication - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Unexpected difficulty - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Unforeseen complication - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Unforeseen difficulty - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• A reel problem - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Entanglement - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Fishing line problem - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Hidden difficulty. - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Hitch in a plan - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Holdup - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Hose mishap - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Hosiery annoyance - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Hosiery problem - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Impediment to smooth sailing - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Little setback - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Negotiations glitch - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Negotiations hangup - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Unforseen problem - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

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.

• Shaving mishap - NICK, used 80 times
• Make a sweater - KNIT, used 61 times
• Sweater material - WOOL, used 42 times
• Sweater girl Turner - LANA, used 19 times
• Fender mishap - DENT, used 17 times
• Sweater eater - MOTH, used 16 times

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