Trawler's equipment cut, with ship surrounded by troops - collisions avoided (4,6) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Trawler's equipment cut, with ship surrounded by troops - collisions avoided (4,6) featured in Guardian Cryptic puzzle on January 22, 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 10 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is NEARMISSES.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% NEARMISSES Trawler's equipment cut, with ship surrounded by troops - collisions avoided (4,6) (10) The Guardian Cryptic Jan 22, 2026
50% NEARMISS Narrowly-avoided collision (4,4) (8) Mirror Classic Dec 13, 2025
42% PRANG Collision (5) (5) Mirror Quick Dec 27, 2025
42% PCT Agt.'s cut (3) Eugene Sheffer Dec 8, 2025
42% NETTER Trawler or goalscorer, perhaps? (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 3, 2025
42% NETS Trawler's equipment (4) Newsday Apr 16, 2020
42% NET Trawler's equipment (3)
42% SEINES Trawler equipment (6)
40% BLOCKADED Surrounded by hostile troops or ships. (9)
38% SHUN Avoid (4) Eugene Sheffer Jan 22, 2026

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