Weapon of mouse destruction

The answer

TRAP

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

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• 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
• Setup - used 6 times, most recently in 2019

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.

• Fencing weapon - EPEE, used 131 times
• Gaucho's weapon - BOLA, used 99 times
• Fencer's weapon - EPEE, used 61 times
• Field mouse - VOLE, used 54 times
• Clue weapon - ROPE, used 50 times
• Meadow mouse - VOLE, used 44 times

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