Clues for the word "CATCH"
We've had 126 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 223 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on January 02, 2026.
Definition of catch
- v. t. - To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.
- v. t. - To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief.
- v. t. - To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish.
- v. t. - Hence: To insnare; to entangle.
- v. t. - To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody.
- v. t. - To communicate to; to fasten upon; as, the fire caught the adjoining building.
- v. t. - To engage and attach; to please; to charm.
- v. t. - To get possession of; to attain.
- v. t. - To take or receive; esp. to take by sympathy, contagion, infection, or exposure; as, to catch the spirit of an occasion; to catch the measles or smallpox; to catch cold; the house caught fire.
- v. t. - To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing.
- v. t. - To reach in time; to come up with; as, to catch a train.
- v. i. - To attain possession.
- v. i. - To be held or impeded by entanglement or a light obstruction; as, a kite catches in a tree; a door catches so as not to open.
- v. i. - To take hold; as, the bolt does not catch.
- v. i. - To spread by, or as by, infecting; to communicate.
- n. - Act of seizing; a grasp.
- n. - That by which anything is caught or temporarily fastened; as, the catch of a gate.
- n. - The posture of seizing; a state of preparation to lay hold of, or of watching he opportunity to seize; as, to lie on the catch.
- n. - That which is caught or taken; profit; gain; especially, the whole quantity caught or taken at one time; as, a good catch of fish.
- n. - Something desirable to be caught, esp. a husband or wife in matrimony.
- n. - Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
- n. - A slight remembrance; a trace.
- n. - A humorous canon or round, so contrived that the singers catch up each other's words.
Referring Clues
- Fisherman's take-home
- Trick
- "Nice ___!"
- Come down with
- See 67-Down
- "Here!"
- Receive a bit of rhetoric at church (5)
- Hidden drawback
- Fish that's no longer in the sea
- Hidden problem
- Work behind the plate
- Throwing game
- "___ a Falling Star" (Perry Como hit)
- One may be backhand
- Verb associated with the beginnings of 18-, 26-, 43- and 57-Across
- Call during a toss
- Ensnare
- Concealed drawback
- Hidden complication
- Angler's haul
- Hidden downside
- Backyard game
- Snag, as a fly ball
- Capture
- Stumbling block
- "Coming at you!"
- Fisherman's 10-pounder, e.g.
- Reel in
- Cry after "Here!"
- Apprehend
- Snare
- "Shoestring" feat
- Emulate Berra
- Snag
- Collar
- Fisherman's 12-pounder, e.g.
- Hidden snag
- Contract
- Father-son activity
- Parent-child activity
- ___ a glimpse
- Fish count
- Have a job close to home
- Overhear
- ___ of the day: menu offering
- Unexpected condition
- Covert complication
- Dateable one
- Game to play with gloves and a ball
- Lay hold of a fly in the ointment
- Be in time for difficulty
- Thing to play with a ball
- Snag a baseball
- Billy Idol "If I should stumble, ___ my fall"
- The Cure song about Frisbee?
- Trap - hear - contract
- Concealed difficulty
- Trap (a batsman?)
- Round hook?
- Arrest a guy with a companion
- Fisherman's trick?
- The snag about the haul?
- Trick a pet companion
- Feline going to church to get some poor mouse?
- Overtake a guy going to church
- Find Charlie at church
- ... to this hook?
- The snag in quoting bits from the catechism
- Dismiss a batsman for 22 maybe
- Grasp - overtake - overhear - surprise
- The snag is, you may drop it!
- Come down with and surprise one in the act
- Haul out of the water, perhaps
- One (of 22?) held in a cricket match
- Apprehend - funny song
- Apprehend - drawback
- Book by Joseph Heller
- There isn't one!
- Snag - trap
- Nab Tom before church
- Succeed at fishing, not rowing?
- clubs@switzerland.net?
- Work at home
- Seize - drawback
- A hundred chat about fool
- It's taken by a fielder to dismiss a player in baseball and cricket
- Snag concerning old tune
- Contract made by animal visiting church
- Intercept and hold spiteful woman and child
- Surprise in contract
- Don't miss the musical round
- Backyard game for two
- There's a snag with this type of song
- Bag
- Simple ball game
- Seize
- Work behind the batter
- Fly in the ointment
- Bag clasp
- Grasp
- Hidden difficulty
- The snag about a guy going to church
- Hidden stipulation
- It's held to put a man out
- Basic ball game
- Use a softball glove
- Grab Tom for a companion
- Grab, as a fly ball
- Trap
- A trick that can get a man dismissed
- Work behind home plate
- Fisherman's trick?
- The snag about the haul?
- Find doing something they shouldn't and dismiss
- Feline going to church to get some poor mouse?
- What's wrong with the eligible bachelor?
- Bust mid-crime
- Grasp there's some unforeseen drawback
- "What's the ___?"
- Baseball play that produces an out
- "What's the -?"
- Whaler's haul
- Well held, sir?
- Day's harvest, for a fisher
- "Here, ___!"
- Little Leaguer's warm-up activity
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - January 02, 2026
- LA Times - December 22, 2025
- New York Times - November 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 27, 2025
- Daily American - September 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 17, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 09, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - July 28, 2025
- New York Times - July 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 01, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 26, 2025
- Daily American - May 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 07, 2025
- Daily Quick - April 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 27, 2025
- New York Times - February 15, 2025
- USA Today - February 06, 2025
- USA Today - February 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 21, 2025
- Daily American - January 07, 2025
- Daily Quick - December 14, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 14, 2024
- Daily Quick - November 14, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 25, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - October 22, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - October 02, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - September 01, 2024
- And in 193 more crossword puzzles...