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TRAP

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

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 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.

• ENTRAPMENT (1 uses in xd)
• FORMAT (1 uses in xd)
• LAYOUT (1 uses in xd)
• SNARE (1 uses in xd)
• STING (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for TRAP

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

• Snare - used 207 times, most recently in 2026
• Ensnare - used 149 times, most recently in 2026
• Pitfall - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
• Golf hazard - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• Mouse catcher - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Links hazard - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Mouse-catching device - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Mouth, slangily - used 32 times, most recently in 2020
• Lint collector - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Catch - used 26 times, most recently in 2020
• Sting operation - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Ambush - used 23 times, most recently in 2015
• Golf course hazard - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Sandy golf hazard - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Corner - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Kind of door - used 21 times, most recently in 2011
• Light carriage. - used 15 times, most recently in 1991
• Lobster catcher - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Fairway hazard - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
• Pebble Beach hazard - used 13 times, most recently in 2013
• Piehole - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Parent ___" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Capture - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Clay pigeon launcher - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Hip-hop subgenre - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Word with fly or clap - used 12 times, most recently in 2013
• Mouth, in slang - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Course hazard - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Golf bunker - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Lint catcher - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Big mouth - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• Drainpipe section - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Gin - used 9 times, most recently in 2004
• Springe - used 9 times, most recently in 1996
• Big fat mouth - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Clay pigeon hurler - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Drainpipe bend - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Drainpipe part - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Kisser - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Lobster pot - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Two-wheeled carriage - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
• Green flanker - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• It's catchy - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Mouth, informally - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Sandy hazard - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Weapon of mouse destruction - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Animal catcher - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Bunker - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Catch-22 - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Catcher - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Drainpipe feature - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Fairway feature - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Golfer's hazard - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Green guarder - used 6 times, most recently in 2019

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