Hold for questioning
The crossword clue "Hold for questioning" is answered by DETAIN, a 6-letter entry. Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DETAIN
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DETAIN answer page.
Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DETAIN
Every other clue in this collection answered by DETAIN, most used first.
- Hold up - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Hold back - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Keep in custody - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Keep from leaving - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Hold in custody - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Take for granted - ASSUME, used 100 times
- Fit for farming - ARABLE, used 76 times
- Get even for - AVENGE, used 69 times
- Makes up (for) - ATONES, used 63 times
- For each - APIECE, used 61 times
- Wrestling hold - NELSON, used 49 times
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