Captured a king in trap when retreating Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Captured a king in trap when retreating . 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 TAKEN.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TAKEN Captured a king in trap when retreating (5)
6% SNARE Trap (5) Wall Street Journal Oct 15, 2025
6% ENSNARE Trap (7) The Telegraph Quick Oct 13, 2025
6% NAB Capture (3) Commuter Oct 9, 2025
6% WITHDRAW Retreat (8) The Telegraph Quick Sep 30, 2025
6% DENS Retreats (4) Thomas Joseph Sep 25, 2025
6% TAKE Capture (4) The Times Concise Sep 9, 2025
6% GIN It's a trap! (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 8, 2025
5% CAKEHOLE Trap a king: what's stopping merry old one? (8) (8) The Sun Two Speed Oct 15, 2025
5% PATE Chatter idly when leaving King's Head (4) (4) The Sun Two Speed Oct 14, 2025
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