ATRAP

Set to 8 different clues across 8 published puzzles, most often "Don't go in there! It's ___!" — The New York Times, Thursday, 27 August 2009.

5 letters

Every clue on record, most used first

"Don't go in there! It's ___!"once
The New York Times — Thursday, 27 August 2009
Set ___once
The New York Times — Thursday, 29 March 2007
"Watch out! It's ___!"once
The New York Times — Thursday, 6 April 2006
Fall into ___ (get caught)once
The New York Times — Tuesday, 13 May 2003
"It's ___!" (cry in a police drama)once
The New York Times — Saturday, 2 October 1999
Like a rat in ___once
The New York Times — Sunday, 20 June 1999
Caught in ___once
The New York Times — Thursday, 22 April 1999
Walk into _____once
The New York Times — Sunday, 23 January 1994