Held
The crossword clue "Held" is answered by KEPT, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
KEPT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the KEPT answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 6 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.
- MAINTAINED (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for KEPT
Every other clue in this collection answered by KEPT, most used first.
- Retained - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
- Held on to - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Held onto - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Maintained - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Fulfilled, as a promise - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Hung on to - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Didn't discard - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Didn't spoil - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Didn't toss - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Didn't throw away - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Preserved - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Didn't throw out - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Didn't go bad - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Didn't return - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Didn't surrender - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Hung onto - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Title Christie held - DAME, used 9 times
- Held in. - PENT, used 8 times
- Hand-held harp - LYRE, used 6 times
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