Booby trap
The crossword clue "Booby trap" is answered by SNARE, a 5-letter entry. Used 19 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SNARE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SNARE answer page.
Used 19 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 7 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.
Other clues for SNARE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SNARE, most used first.
- Trap - used 192 times, most recently in 2026
- Entrap - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
- Catch - used 64 times, most recently in 2025
- Kind of drum - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Catch in a trap - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Capture - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Part of a drum kit - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Drum kit part - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Entangle - used 26 times, most recently in 2017
- Delusion's partner - used 25 times, most recently in 1993
- Pitfall - used 21 times, most recently in 2017
- Springe - used 21 times, most recently in 2011
- Type of drum - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- It's a trap - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Bag - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- ___ drum - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Trapper's device - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Drum kit component - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Marching band drum - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Part of a drum set - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Animal catcher - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Drum type - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Hunter's trap - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Animal trap - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Catch by trickery - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Drum kit item - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Gin - used 10 times, most recently in 1996
- Take in - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Drum kit drum - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Game catcher - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Simple trap - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Catch by surprise - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Inveigle. - used 8 times, most recently in 1980
- Rimshot instrument - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Small drum - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Drum attachment - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
- Game keeper? - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Marching drum - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- Net - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Tom-tom neighbor - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Trapping device - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- Police trap - STING, used 24 times
- Speed trap device - RADAR, used 17 times
- Like a dryer trap - LINTY, used 13 times
- Trap - SETUP, used 10 times
- Trap - NOOSE, used 9 times
- Booby prize winner - LOSER, used 8 times
Search the clue collection
Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.