A carter, a costermonger or a navvy's boy assistant; a chela of a crab or a lobster; a child; a cutpurse or a pickpocket; a creature that bites or pinches; or, one of a pair of cuffs (6) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue A carter, a costermonger or a navvy's boy assistant; a chela of a crab or a lobster; a child; a cutpurse or a pickpocket; a creature that bites or pinches; or, one of a pair of cuffs (6) . We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 6 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is NIPPER.

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Crossword Answer For A carter, a costermonger or a navvy's boy assistant; a chela of a crab or a lobster; a child; a cutpurse or a pickpocket; a creature that bites or pinches; or, one of a pair of cuffs (6):

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% NIPPER A carter, a costermonger or a navvy's boy assistant; a chela of a crab or a lobster; a child; a cutpurse or a pickpocket; a creature that bites or pinches; or, one of a pair of cuffs (6) (6)
46% DECAPOD Lobster or crab, e.g. (7) Wall Street Journal Sep 11, 2025
45% NIPS Pinches or bites (4)
43% TONGUE Perhaps Spanish pickpocket on Guernsey pinches (6) The Telegraph Toughie Sep 25, 2025
43% CLAW Lobster's chela (4)
38% OFF __ the cuff (3) Commuter Sep 9, 2025
35% DECAPODS Lobsters and crabs (8)
35% CRUSTACEAN Lobster or crab (10)
33% CRABS Lobsters' relatives (5) Commuter Oct 14, 2025
33% LANGOUSTE One leaves peculiarly gelatinous lobster (9) The Times Cryptic Oct 7, 2025
A carter, a costermonger or a navvy's boy assistant; a chela of a crab or a lobster; a child; a cutpurse or a pickpocket; a creature that bites or pinches; or, one of a pair of cuffs (6) Crossword Clue
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We found 40 solutions for A carter, a costermonger or a navvy's boy assistant; a chela of a crab or a lobster; a child; a cutpurse or a pickpocket; a creature that bites or pinches; or, one of a pair of cuffs (6). The top solutions are determined by popularity, ratings and frequency of searches. The most likely answer for the clue is NIPPER.

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