Traffic problem
The crossword clue "Traffic problem" is answered by SNARL, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SNARL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SNARL answer page.
Used 14 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 9 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.
- GRIDLOCK (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for SNARL
Every other clue in this collection answered by SNARL, most used first.
- Tangle - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Traffic tie-up - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Entangle - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
- Watchdog's warning - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Traffic tangle - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Hair tangle - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Traffic jam - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Growl - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Sound from an angry dog - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Tie-up - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Entanglement - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Complication. - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Guard dog's warning - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Angler's headache - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Dog's warning - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Knot - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Mongrel's warning - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Traffic mess - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Sleep problem - APNEA, used 47 times
- Breathing problem - APNEA, used 42 times
- Traffic light color - AMBER, used 38 times
- Laundry problem - STAIN, used 34 times
- Peptic problem - ULCER, used 34 times
- Traffic cone - PYLON, used 33 times
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