Not rot
The crossword clue "Not rot" is answered by KEEP, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. 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 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- Hang onto - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- "___ 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
- 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.
- Not fooled by - ONTO, used 444 times
- Not as much - LESS, used 378 times
- If not - ELSE, used 199 times
- Not "fer" - AGIN, used 181 times
- Not pro - ANTI, used 172 times
- Not so much - LESS, used 171 times
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