The Clue
Dogcatcher's quarry (5 letter answer)
The Answer
STRAY
Tags
Notes
The answer STRAY is common and appears about once every 225 puzzles.
Related Clues
Deviate
Digress
Divagate
Dogie
Dogie, for one
Drift
Err
Errant
Maverick
Ramble
Range
Sin
Wander
Wanderer
Alley cat
Get lost
Get sidetracked
Go wrong
Homeless animal
Leave the flock
Leave the herd
Lost dogie
Maverick or dogie
Potential pet
Ranch roamer
Shelter adoptee
Shepherd's concern
S.P.C.A. candidate
S.P.C.A. concern
S.P.C.A. pickup
Wander away
Go off course
Go off the path
Animal shelter animal
Leave the straight and narrow
Like some thoughts
One may be impounded
Not stay on the path
Veer off the beaten path
Definition
STRAY as a noun:
1. (alley cat, stray) = homeless cat
STRAY as a verb:
1. (roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond) = move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
2. (stray, err, drift) = wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course"
3. (digress, stray, divagate, wander) = lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"
STRAY as an adjective:
1. (isolated, stray) = not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "a stray bullet grazed his thigh"