Wrestling hold
The crossword clue "Wrestling hold" is answered by LOCK, a 4-letter entry. Used 13 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1948. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LOCK
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LOCK answer page.
Used 13 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1948. It appears in 4 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.
- HEADLOCK (3 uses in xd)
- SCISSORS (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for LOCK
Every other clue in this collection answered by LOCK, most used first.
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Related clues
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