Hang onto
The crossword clue "Hang onto" is answered by KEEP, a 4-letter entry. Used 12 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1997. 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
KEEP
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the KEEP answer page.
Used 12 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1997. 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.
Other clues for KEEP
Every other clue in this collection answered by KEEP, most used first.
- Retain - used 105 times, most recently in 2026
- Hang on to - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Hold on to - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Stay fresh - used 38 times, most recently in 2025
- Maintain - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Don't throw away - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Castle part - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Castle stronghold - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ Calm and Carry On" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Don't discard - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Don't give up - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Don't throw out - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Hold onto - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Donjon. - used 8 times, most recently in 1996
- "__ up the good work" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Not rot - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Preserve - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Stronghold - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- "___ your chin up!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Detain - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Hang around - STAY, used 84 times
- Latch (onto) - GLOM, used 62 times
- Hang in the balance - PEND, used 52 times
- Hang in there - LAST, used 37 times
- Held onto - KEPT, used 36 times
- Hang fire - PEND, used 31 times
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