Fend off
The crossword clue "Fend off" is answered by AVERT, a 5-letter entry. Used 32 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
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AVERT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AVERT answer page.
Used 32 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for AVERT
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- Ward off - used 152 times, most recently in 2026
- Turn away - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
- Prevent - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
- Turn aside - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
- Keep from happening - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
- Stave off - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Head off - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
- Forestall - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
- Sidestep - used 23 times, most recently in 2023
- Deflect - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
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