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Catches And Detents Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is TRIPS which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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99%5Exact Match!
noun

• a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)

• a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs

• an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall

• an exciting or stimulating experience

• a catch mechanism that acts as a switch

• a light or nimble tread

• an unintentional but embarrassing blunder

verb

• miss a step and fall or nearly fall

• cause to stumble

• make a trip for pleasure

• put in motion or move to act

• get high, stoned, or drugged

17%7Catches prey by impaling it with its sharp beak
noun

• fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill

17%11 One who catches lawbreakers
noun

• a person who knows or apprehends

• a person who seizes or arrests (especially a person who seizes or arrests in the name of justice)

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New York Times29 Sep 1985 Down 104
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