A criminal may be trapped in one Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue A criminal may be trapped in one featured in Washington Post Mini puzzle on October 23, 2025. 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 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is STING.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% STING A criminal may be trapped in one (5) The Washington Post Mini Oct 23, 2025
3% WADER One may be knee-deep (5) LA Times Daily Oct 23, 2025
3% ARRESTS Criminal record listing (7) Wall Street Journal Oct 21, 2025
3% NET Catch in one trap (3) (3) Mirror Cryptic Oct 18, 2025
3% SNARE Trap (5) Wall Street Journal Oct 15, 2025
3% ENSNARE Trap (7) The Telegraph Quick Oct 13, 2025
3% SNAREDRUM Instrument trapped spirit (9) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 13, 2025
3% THIEVERY Criminality all attributed to criminal hit (8) (8) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 9, 2025
3% MAFIA Criminal organisation (5) (5) Mirror Classic Oct 7, 2025
3% INEPT One pawn caught in trap? That's not very competent (5) (5) The Guardian Quiptic Oct 5, 2025

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