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CLAPTRAP is a legal Scrabble word. See a dictionary definition for CLAPTRAP.

26 total results for CLAPTRAP   ( score: 50 )

12 results for CLAPTRAP from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
DateGridClueAuthor
Sat Mar 11, 202316APiffleTom Pepper
Sat Feb 12, 20226ABalderdashMary Lou Guizzo
Wed Oct 17, 20185DNonsense (3)Patrick Blindauer and Tony Orbach
Thu May 7, 201531AHooeyTracy Gray
Mon Nov 12, 201210DMumbo-jumbo (2)Randall J. Hartman
Mon Oct 12, 200942DNonsense (3)Richard Chisholm
Mon Jan 7, 200840DBaloney (2)Lynn Lempel
Fri Jan 30, 200436DHumbugManny Nosowsky
Thu Aug 28, 200321AMumbo jumbo (2)Elizabeth C. Gorski
Mon Dec 23, 200239DNonsense (3)Lisa Bunker
Fri Feb 15, 200220ABaloney (2)Sherry O. Blackard
Fri Sep 12, 19976ADrivelChuck Deodene
2 results for CLAPTRAP from Variety puzzles:
DateTypeGridClueAuthor
Nov 20, 2022AcrosticABaloney, applesauce, moonshineEmily Cox & Henry Rathvon
Jun 13, 2021Cryptic17D"Layla" singer not performing Drake's music is nonsense (8)Richard Silvestri
12 results for CLAPTRAP from pre-Shortz puzzles:
DateGridClueAuthorEditor
Sat Jun 25, 19833DShowy and cheapPeter SwiftMaleska
Mon Mar 16, 198136DPretentious nonsenseEvelyn BenshoofMaleska
Fri Feb 29, 19804DTrashC. J. AngioMaleska
Sun Mar 3, 197475DBunkumJim PageWeng
Fri Jul 30, 196529AInsincere talk.UnknownFarrar
Fri Jan 22, 196050ANonsensical talk.UnknownFarrar
Thu Oct 17, 19576DTwaddle.UnknownFarrar
Sun May 12, 1957130ANonsense.Marion MoeserFarrar
Fri Oct 26, 195627AInsincere, empty talk.UnknownFarrar
Wed Jun 1, 195528AShowy, empty talk.Ruth OliverFarrar
Sat May 29, 195434DNonsense.Herbert EttensonFarrar
Sat Aug 4, 195128ACritic's version of phony histrionics.UnknownFarrar
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