Hold up
The crossword clue "Hold up" is answered by DETAIN, a 6-letter entry. Used 16 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 12 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 16 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1953. 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 DETAIN
Every other clue in this collection answered by DETAIN, most used first.
- Hold for questioning - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- 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.
- Wrestling hold - NELSON, used 49 times
- Hold in high regard - ESTEEM, used 42 times
- "Hold on" - ONESEC, used 41 times
- Hold fast - ADHERE, used 26 times
- Hold protectively - CRADLE, used 17 times
- Hold together - COHERE, used 17 times
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