"Hold the ___!"
The crossword clue ""Hold the ___!"" is answered by MAYO, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MAYO
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MAYO answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for MAYO
Every other clue in this collection answered by MAYO, most used first.
- BLT spread - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Deli spread - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- BLT condiment - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Sandwich spread - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Sandwich spread, for short - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Bread spread - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Irish county. - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Cinco de __ - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- "Hold the ___" (deli request) - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Tuna salad ingredient - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Clinic name - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Famous clinic - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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