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Apprehends What Setters Need Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is COLLARS which was last seen in the Telegraph Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: COLLARS

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noun

• a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over

• (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal

• anything worn or placed about the neck

• a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part

• the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot

• a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it

• necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck

• a figurative restraint

• the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

verb

• take into custody

• seize by the neck or collar

• furnish with a collar

27%4Apprehends
verb

• tag the base runner to get him out

• take into custody

• seize suddenly

27%6Apprehends
verb

• take hold of; grab

• take or capture by force

• take possession of by force, as after an invasion

• take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

• seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession

• hook by a pull on the line

• affect

• capture the attention or imagination of

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