The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word NAB , but the solution may also be HALT which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in LA Times).
Arrest crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NAB | 46 % | 3 |
| STEM | 17 % | 4 |
| RUNIN | 11 % | 5 |
| STOP | 7 % | 4 |
| COLLAR | 5 % | 6 |
| HALT | 3 % | 4 |
| SEIZE | 2 % | 5 |
| DETER | 2 % | 5 |
| CAPTURE | 1 % | 7 |
| NAIL | 1 % | 4 |
| CUFF | 1 % | 4 |
| CURB | 1 % | 4 |
| MAKEACOLLAR | 1 % | 11 |
| HAULIN | 1 % | 6 |
| PINCH | 1 % | 5 |
| DELAY | 1 % | 5 |
| PLACEBEHINDBARS | 1 % | 15 |
| PULLIN | 1 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Arrest
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- nab
- apprehend
- apprehension
- get
- pick up
- catch
- hold
- turn back
- hold back
- stoppage
- stop
- contain
Crossword Answer definitions
NAB verb- To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive).
- To grab or snatch something.
- The summit of an eminence.
- The cock of a gunlock.
- (locksmithing) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result NAB
- Arrest
- Put the collar on
- Seize
- Snap up
- Catch
- Collar
- Hook (a crook)
- Slap the cuffs on
- Apprehend
- Get custody of?
More clues leading to the result STEM
- Derive from
- Bud supporter
- Flower holder
- Pipe part
- Stern's other end?
- Watch part
- Wine glass feature
- Wine glass part
- Bloom supporter
- Check
More clues leading to the result RUNIN
- Quarrel
- Altercation
- Take downtown
- Bring to the station
- Tense encounter
- Argument
- Haul to the station house
- Put the arm on
- Take to jail
- Confrontation
More clues leading to the result STOP
- "__ the music!"
- Depot
- Halt
- Octagon message
- Organ piece
- Railroad-crossing word
- Scrub a mission
- Cease movement
- Discontinue
- Glottal __
More clues leading to the result COLLAR
- Take into custody
- Nab
- Decorative addition to some round cakes
- Apprehend
- T-shirt's lack
- Word with blue or dog
- What a T-shirt lacks
- Arrest
- Clerical accessory
- Peter Pan, for one
More clues leading to the result HALT
- "Hold it right there!"
- Sentry's command
- Sentry's cry
- Cease!
- Cut off
- Military command
- Stop in your tracks
- Stop!
- Watch word
- Stop
More clues leading to the result SEIZE
- Take forcibly
- Afflict suddenly
- Grab
- Grasp forcibly
- Capture
- Apprehend
- Appropriate
- Take by force
- Confiscate
- Take control of
More clues leading to the result DETER
More clues leading to the result CAPTURE
- Screen ___
- Snag
- Take prisoner
- Certain chess move
- Seize
- Bag
- ___ the flag (kids' game)
- Apprehend.
- Seize.
- Arrest.
More clues leading to the result NAIL
- Catch
- Filed item
- Hammer's target
- Apprehend
- It's out on a limb
- Item often filed
- Painting holder
- Press-on item
- "For want of a ___, the shoe ...."
- Brad
More clues leading to the result CUFF
- Link site
- Watch coverer
- Place for a link
- Sleeve terminus
- End-of-sleeve feature
- Restrain, as a perp
- Off the __: spur-of-the-moment
- Clothing fold
- Shirt part
- Link site (h)
More clues leading to the result CURB
- Gutter part
- Parking place
- Stop
- Rein in
- Street edging
- Restrain
- Put limits on
- Block boundary
- Parking meter's location
- Inhibit
More clues leading to the result MAKEACOLLAR
More clues leading to the result HAULIN
- Take down for questioning, maybe
- Draw up, as nets.
- Arrest
- Take to the police station
- Take to the jailhouse
More clues leading to the result PINCH
- Take
- Goose
- Seasoning amount
- Arrest
- "___ me! I must be dreaming!"
- Slap inducer, perhaps
- Squeeze tight
- Small amount
- Recipe amount
- Emergency
More clues leading to the result DELAY
- Put off
- Foot-dragging
- Interruption
- Airport bummer
- 117-Across downer
- Hold up
- Put on hold
- Postponement
- Airport aggravation
- Digital transmission problem