To speed up solving “Capture”, these answers are pulled from prior puzzles where the clue was handled the same way. Each one is grounded in a real crossword context.
Likely Answers:
- NAB
- CATCH
- BAG
- SNARE
- TAKE
- SEIZE
- ENTRAP
- NET
- SEIZURE
- GRAB
- SNAG
- COP
- TRAP
- ENSNARE
- ARREST
- APPREHEND
- WIN
- GET
- NAIL
Synonyms and Definitions
NAB
- Synonyms: apprehend, arrest, collar, cop, nail, pick up
CATCH
- Synonyms: apprehension, becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, catch up with, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, get, gimmick, grab, haul, hitch, match, overhear, overtake, pinch, see, snap, snatch, stop, take hold of, take in, taking into custody, trance, trip up, view, watch
BAG
- Synonyms: bagful, base, bulge, cup of tea, dish, grip, handbag, old bag, pocket, pocketbook, purse, suitcase, traveling bag, travelling bag, udder
SNARE
- Synonyms: ensnare, entrap, gin, hook, noose, side drum, snare drum, trammel, trap
TAKE
- Synonyms: accept, acquire, admit, adopt, aim, ask, assume, bring, call for, carry, choose, claim, conduct, consider, consume, contain, contract, convey, deal, demand, direct, drive, engage, exact, fill, film, get hold of, guide, have, hire, hold, ingest, involve, issue, lead, learn, lease, look at, make, necessitate, need, occupy, pack, payoff, pick out, postulate, proceeds, read, remove, rent, require, return, select, shoot, strike, study, submit, subscribe, subscribe to, take aim, take away, take on, take up, takings, train, use up, withdraw, yield
- Definition: The earnings or gains derived from activities such as the selling of land or other assets.
SEIZE
- Synonyms: appropriate, arrogate, attach, clutch, confiscate, conquer, impound, prehend, sequester, take over, usurp
ENTRAP
- Synonyms: frame, set up, snare
NET
- Synonyms: clear, cyberspace, earnings, final, internet, last, lucre, mesh, meshing, meshwork, net income, net profit, nett, network, profit, profits, sack, sack up, web
SEIZURE
- Synonyms: gaining control, ictus, raptus
GRAB
- Synonyms: catch, seize, snaffle, snap up
SNAG
- Synonyms: hang-up, rip, rub, split, tear
COP
- Synonyms: bull, copper, fuzz, glom, knock off, nab, pig, snitch, thieve
TRAP
- Synonyms: ambuscade, ambush, bunker, cakehole, gob, hole, immobilise, immobilize, lying in wait, maw, pin, pin down, sand trap, yap
ARREST
- Synonyms: check, halt, hold back, stay, stoppage, turn back
APPREHEND
- Synonyms: compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, quail at, savvy
WIN
- Synonyms: advance, bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, succeed, winnings
GET
- Synonyms: amaze, arrive, baffle, beat, become, beget, begin, bewilder, bring forth, bugger off, buzz off, cause, come, commence, develop, draw, dumbfound, engender, experience, father, fetch, find, fix, flummox, fuck off, generate, get down, get under ones skin, go, gravel, grow, incur, induce, let, mother, mystify, nonplus, obtain, pay back, pay off, perplex, pose, produce, puzzle, receive, scram, set about, set out, sire, start, start out, stick, stimulate, stupefy, suffer, sustain, take, vex
NAIL
- Synonyms: ace, blast, boom, breeze through, complete, nail down, pass with flying colors, peg, pinpoint, sail through, smash, sweep through
These answers also appear in the following pages:
- NAB also appears as an answer in Steal crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11 letters.
- NAB also appears as an answer in Seize crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 14 letters.
- TAKE also appears as an answer in Put up with crossword clue 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 letters.
- COP also appears as an answer in Rip off crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 11 letters.
- ARREST also appears as an answer in Check crossword clue 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13 and 15 letters.