Plan to catch a criminal Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Plan to catch a criminal . 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 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is STAKEOUT.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% STAKEOUT Plan to catch a criminal (8)
4% NAB Catch, as a criminal (3)
3% IVE "___ got a plan!" (3)
3% MAP Town plan (3) Puzzler Backwords Oct 14, 2025
3% STRATEGY Game plan (8) The Atlantic Oct 12, 2025
3% FIRMUP Finalize, as plans (6) Eugene Sheffer Oct 9, 2025
3% THIEVERY Criminality all attributed to criminal hit (8) (8) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 9, 2025
3% LIST Planning aid (4) LA Times Daily Oct 5, 2025
3% ENTRAPS Catches (7) Wall Street Journal Oct 4, 2025
3% LAID Best-__ plans (4) LA Times Daily Oct 4, 2025
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