Hangs on to
The crossword clue "Hangs on to" is answered by KEEPS, a 5-letter entry. Used 19 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
KEEPS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the KEEPS answer page.
Used 19 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for KEEPS
Every other clue in this collection answered by KEEPS, most used first.
- Retains - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Stays fresh - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Holds on to - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Doesn't spoil - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Doesn't throw away - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- For ___ (permanently) - used 7 times, most recently in 1998
- Hangs onto - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Holds onto - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Maintains - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Play for __ - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- "Thereby hangs ___" - ATALE, used 44 times
- Hangs around - STAYS, used 32 times
- "And thereby hangs ___" - ATALE, used 22 times
- Hangs in there - LASTS, used 19 times
- Hangs in the balance - PENDS, used 10 times
- "And thereby hangs __": Shak. - ATALE, used 6 times
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