The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word NABS which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2020.
Arrests crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NABS | 50 % | 4 |
| RUNSIN | 12 % | 6 |
| STEMS | 8 % | 5 |
| HALTS | 7 % | 5 |
| HAULSIN | 5 % | 7 |
| STOPS | 5 % | 5 |
| BUSTS | 3 % | 5 |
| COLLARS | 3 % | 7 |
| NAILS | 2 % | 5 |
| STAYS | 2 % | 5 |
| CURBS | 2 % | 5 |
| STUNTS | 2 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Arrests
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
NABS verb- To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive).
- To grab or snatch something.
- A single-serving package of crackers, usually filled with peanut butter. Snack crackers.
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 NABS
- Arrests
- Collars
- Nails
- Grabs hold of
- Catches, as a perp
- Snatches
- Apprehends
- Puts the finger on
- Captures
- Catches in the act
More clues leading to the result RUNSIN
More clues leading to the result STEMS
- Meerschaum parts
- Holds back
- Wineglass features
- Pipe parts
- Flower holders?
- Applies a tourniquet
- Makes headway against
- Rose supporters
- Goblet elements
- Flower holders
More clues leading to the result HALTS
- Breaks off
- Cuts short
- Goes no farther
- Quits mid-march
- Arrests
- Comes to a stop
- Obeys a sentry
- Heeds the sentry
- Brakes
- Reaches a standstill
More clues leading to the result HAULSIN
More clues leading to the result STOPS
- Organ parts
- Cuts out
- Organ settings
- Prepares to frisk, say
- Pulls over
- Puts an end to
- Eggspires
- Quits
- Train schedule towns
- Wards off
More clues leading to the result BUSTS
- Mantle pieces
- Narc's activities
- DEA raids
- Sculpted works
- DEA successes
- Narc's jobs
- Breaks open
- Head-and-shoulder sculptures
- Heads and shoulders
- Some sculptures
More clues leading to the result COLLARS
- Stops and talks to: Colloq.
- Buster Browns. for example.
- Things to get hot under
- Some are clerical
- Brings in
- Nabs
- Arrests
More clues leading to the result NAILS
- Manicurist's assignment
- Finger features
- Finger tips
- Salon treatment targets
- Home Depot purchase
- Mani-pedi targets
- Gets down pat
- Salon concerns
- Hardness symbol
- Filed items
More clues leading to the result STAYS
- Corset supports
- Doesn't go
- Corset stiffeners
- Death row reprieves
- Collar inserts
- Collar holders
- Sticks around
- Corsets
- Corset features
- Last-minute calls to death row
More clues leading to the result CURBS
- Limits
- Checks
- Controls
- Parking meter places
- Places for recycling
- Cuts back
- Restrains
- Hydrant locales
- Puts the brakes on
- Urban borders