Kept
The crossword clue "Kept" is answered by HELD, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 5 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 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 5 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.
- HUNGONTO (3 uses in xd)
- DETAINED (2 uses in xd)
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
- Didn't give way - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- 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
- 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.
- Kept tabs on - EYED, used 24 times
- Well-kept - NEAT, used 16 times
- Kept in the email loop - CCED, used 8 times
- Kept in the loop, briefly - CCED, used 8 times
- Well-kept - TIDY, used 8 times
- Kept cold - ICED, used 7 times
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