__ by (obey, as a law)

The answer

ABIDE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABIDE answer page.

Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2020. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ABIDE

Every other clue in this collection answered by ABIDE, most used first.

• Tolerate - used 234 times, most recently in 2026
• Put up with - used 183 times, most recently in 2026
• Stomach - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Bear - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Endure - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Stand for - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Stand - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• __ by (obey) - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ With Me" - used 18 times, most recently in 1997
• ___ by the rules - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Stay - used 15 times, most recently in 2008
• Remain - used 14 times, most recently in 2012
• Dwell - used 13 times, most recently in 2009
• Withstand - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Wait patiently - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Bear patiently - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Bear with patience - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Make into law - ENACT, used 206 times
• Put into law - ENACT, used 97 times
• Ruth's mother-in-law - NAOMI, used 87 times
• Pass into law - ENACT, used 74 times
• Run ___ of the law - AFOUL, used 51 times
• Make law - ENACT, used 49 times

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