Man in play perhaps trapping female criminal Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Man in play perhaps trapping female criminal last seen in Telegraph Cryptic puzzle. 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 10 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is MALEFACTOR.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MALEFACTOR Man in play perhaps trapping female criminal (10) The Telegraph Cryptic Sep 29, 2015
3% FELONS Criminals (6) Eugene Sheffer Dec 23, 2025
3% VILLAIN Criminal (7) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 16, 2025
3% SNARE Trap (5) New York Times Dec 7, 2025
3% DREW Played Pictionary, perhaps (4) New York Times Mini Nov 13, 2025
3% TREED Trapped by a hound, perhaps (5) Wall Street Journal Oct 25, 2025
3% STING A criminal may be trapped in one (5) The Washington Post Mini Oct 23, 2025
2% SOW Female pig (3) LA Times Daily Jan 8, 2026
2% BUNKERED Small cake Jacobi perhaps rejected in a trap (8) (8) The Sun Two Speed Jan 7, 2026
2% DOE Female in the forest (3)

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