Crossword clues - Answer
KEEPS
KEEPS is a 5-letter crossword answer with 11 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 111 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
KEEPS
KEEPS
5Letters
11Clues in collection
111Combined xd usages
2026Most recent year
Combined usages add the xd usage counts of every clue below. Frequency figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Every clue for KEEPS in this collection
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- Retains - used 20 times across 14 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Hangs on to - used 19 times across 14 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Stays fresh - used 17 times across 14 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Holds on to - used 9 times across 9 distinct years, most recently in 2025
- Doesn't spoil - used 8 times across 6 distinct years, most recently in 2025
- Doesn't throw away - used 7 times across 5 distinct years, most recently in 2025
- For ___ (permanently) - used 7 times across 7 distinct years, most recently in 1998
- Hangs onto - used 6 times across 5 distinct years, most recently in 2024
- Holds onto - used 6 times across 5 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Maintains - used 6 times across 5 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Play for __ - used 6 times across 5 distinct years, most recently in 2026
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