Old-time restraint for a prisoner … or what can go after the respective halves of 18-, 26-, 35- and 49-Across Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Old-time restraint for a prisoner … or what can go after the respective halves of 18-, 26-, 35- and 49-Across featured in New York Times puzzle on April 7, 2026. 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 12 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is BALLANDCHAIN.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% BALLANDCHAIN Old-time restraint for a prisoner … or what can go after the respective halves of 18-, 26-, 35- and 49-Across (12) New York Times Apr 7, 2026
4% SHOE 14 AAAAAA, for 35-Across (4) Newsday Apr 3, 2026
4% RADII Diameter halves (5) USA Today Apr 1, 2026
4% WOO Go after (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Mar 27, 2026
4% ASANA 49-Across, for one (5) LA Times Daily Mar 26, 2026
4% POKERGAME What's being played out at the last words of 18-, 26-, 47- and 61-Across (9) Wall Street Journal Mar 24, 2026
4% LIBRARY See 26-Across (7) New York Times Midi Mar 22, 2026
4% IDIE Last words of 18-Across (4) LA Times Daily Mar 22, 2026
4% AYEAYE Sailor's positive reply to a 35-Across (6) Premier Sunday Mar 22, 2026
4% WHEN "At what time?" (4) USA Today Mar 22, 2026

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