Hold up
The crossword clue "Hold up" is answered by DELAY, a 5-letter entry. Used 36 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
DELAY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DELAY answer page.
Used 36 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 12 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.
- DETAIN (16 uses in xd)
Other clues for DELAY
Every other clue in this collection answered by DELAY, most used first.
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
- Take hold - SETIN, used 32 times
- Hold dear - ADORE, used 27 times
- "We hold ___ truths to be self-evident" - THESE, used 23 times
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