Prevent
The crossword clue "Prevent" is answered by ESTOP, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1924. 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
ESTOP
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ESTOP answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 4 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.
Other clues for ESTOP
Every other clue in this collection answered by ESTOP, most used first.
- Bar legally - used 108 times, most recently in 2026
- Bar at the bar - used 61 times, most recently in 2019
- Prevent legally - used 42 times, most recently in 2024
- Prohibit. - used 26 times, most recently in 1994
- Legally prohibit - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Bar - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- Legally prevent - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
- Prohibit, legally - used 18 times, most recently in 2017
- Legally bar - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Block legally - used 15 times, most recently in 2016
- Prevent, in legalese - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Bar in court - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Bar, in law - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
- Halt legally - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
- Prevent, in law - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Bar, by law - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Impede legally - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Legally block - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Prevent, at the bar - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Legally impede - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Prevent, in court - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Prevent - AVERT, used 86 times
- Prevent - DETER, used 46 times
- Try to prevent - DETER, used 19 times
- Prevent from happening - AVERT, used 14 times
- Prevent - DEBAR, used 12 times
- Prevent, as disaster - AVERT, used 10 times
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