Stays fresh
The crossword clue "Stays fresh" is answered by KEEPS, a 5-letter entry. Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 8 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 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for KEEPS
Every other clue in this collection answered by KEEPS, most used first.
- Retains - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Hangs on to - used 19 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.
- Fresh - SASSY, used 133 times
- No longer fresh - STALE, used 115 times
- Fresh-mouthed - SASSY, used 36 times
- Make fresh - RENEW, used 36 times
- Not fresh - STALE, used 33 times
- Fresh air - OZONE, used 28 times
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