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We've checked our database and believe the answer is SETUP which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: SETUP

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99%5Exact Match!
verb

• set up or found

• create by putting components or members together

• construct, build, or erect

• get ready for a particular purpose or event

• put into a proper or systematic order

• begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.

• take or catch as if in a snare or trap

• produce

• set up for use

• place

• arrange the outcome of by means of deceit

• erect and fasten

• arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events

• equip with sails or masts

• make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc

98%4Exact Match!
noun

• a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned

• drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas

• something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares

• a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters

• the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise

• informal terms for the mouth

• a light two-wheeled carriage

• a hazard on a golf course

verb

• place in a confining or embarrassing position

• catch in or as if in a trap

• hold or catch as if in a trap

• to hold fast or prevent from moving

• to sell marijuana on a street corner

33%5 Cause of a bee sting's sting
noun

• a poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species

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