Traps the king Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Traps the king . 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 MATES.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MATES Traps the king (5)
34% MATED Trapped the king of (5)
20% CAKEHOLE Trap a king: what's stopping merry old one? (8) (8) The Sun Two Speed Oct 15, 2025
18% THELMAANDLOUISE Film version of Hamlet with antic Dane trapping foreign king (15) The Guardian Cryptic Feb 23, 2023
17% DEERFENCE Fortification to trap English king can be useful to keep animals in (4,5) (9)
4% SNARE Trap (5) Wall Street Journal Oct 15, 2025
4% ENSNARE Trap (7) The Telegraph Quick Oct 13, 2025
4% GIN It's a trap! (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 8, 2025
3% ELREY The king, in Spain (5) LA Times Mini Oct 15, 2025
3% SNAREDRUM Instrument trapped spirit (9) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 13, 2025
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