Keep from leaving
The crossword clue "Keep from leaving" is answered by DETAIN, a 6-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 4 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 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 4 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 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
- 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.
- Keep - RETAIN, used 47 times
- From that place - THENCE, used 29 times
- Present from birth - INNATE, used 28 times
- From what place - WHENCE, used 26 times
- Say from memory - RECITE, used 25 times
- Remove from office - UNSEAT, used 22 times
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