Didn't give way
The crossword clue "Didn't give way" is answered by HELD, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. 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
HELD
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HELD answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for HELD
Every other clue in this collection answered by HELD, most used first.
- Maintained - used 59 times, most recently in 2025
- Grasped - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Contained - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Clutched - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Retained - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- Detained - used 18 times, most recently in 2020
- Had in one's hands - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Clasped - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Embraced - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Occupied - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Believed - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Didn't draw a card - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
- Gripped - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Kept in custody - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Grasped in one's hand - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- In custody - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Didn't collapse - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Kept - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Cradled - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Had in hand - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Had in your hand - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Maintained, as an opinion - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Give off - EMIT, used 874 times
- Way out - EXIT, used 285 times
- Give up - CEDE, used 268 times
- Way off - AFAR, used 229 times
- Give a hoot - CARE, used 190 times
- Give temporarily - LEND, used 136 times
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