Hold fast
The crossword clue "Hold fast" is answered by CLING, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2003; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CLING
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CLING answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2003; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for CLING
Every other clue in this collection answered by CLING, most used first.
- Adhere - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
- Stick - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
- Static ___ - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Hold tight - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Static problem - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Stick (to) - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
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
- Fast - RAPID, used 43 times
- "We hold ___ truths ..." - THESE, used 42 times
- Hold up - DELAY, used 36 times
- Drive too fast - SPEED, used 35 times
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