Traffic snarl
The crossword clue "Traffic snarl" is answered by TIEUP, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1960. 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
TIEUP
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TIEUP answer page.
Used 15 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1960. 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 (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for TIEUP
Every other clue in this collection answered by TIEUP, most used first.
- Traffic jam - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Keep busy - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Highway headache - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Jam - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
- Traffic problem - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Bind - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Monopolize - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Traffic light color - AMBER, used 38 times
- Traffic tie-up - SNARL, used 35 times
- Traffic cone - PYLON, used 33 times
- Join the flow of traffic - MERGE, used 18 times
- Traffic tangle - SNARL, used 18 times
- Triangular traffic sign - YIELD, used 17 times
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