Hold stuff

The answer

CARGO

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

Used 15 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• STOWAGE (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for CARGO

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

• Freight - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Ship's freight - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Ship's load - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Boatload - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Load - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Hold contents - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Freighter's load - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Ship's goods - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Boat's load - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• It's held in the hold - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Loadmaster's concern - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• What holds hold - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• Hold forth - ORATE, used 70 times
• Hold responsible - BLAME, used 64 times
• "We hold ___ truths ..." - THESE, used 42 times
• Explosive stuff - NITRO, used 37 times
• Hard stuff - BOOZE, used 36 times
• Hold up - DELAY, used 36 times

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