Holdover
The crossword clue "Holdover" is answered by RELIC, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RELIC
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RELIC answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for RELIC
Every other clue in this collection answered by RELIC, most used first.
- Museum piece - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
- Memento - used 60 times, most recently in 2018
- Thing of the past - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Archaeologist's find - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Ancient artifact - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Artifact - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Keepsake - used 33 times, most recently in 2018
- Piece of the past - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Dig find - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Piece of history - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Archaeological find - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Museum artifact - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Souvenir - used 16 times, most recently in 2007
- Vestige - used 16 times, most recently in 2018
- Archeologist's find - used 13 times, most recently in 2006
- Museum item - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Excavation find - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Historical object - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Historical artifact - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Archaeology find - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Shroud of Turin, e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- A bit of antiquity - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Archaeological artifact - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Archaeological treasure - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Ancient object - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Something old - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Souvenir of the past - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
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.
- Kidney-related - RENAL, used 275 times
- Happen again - RECUR, used 182 times
- Kingdom - REALM, used 179 times
- Brings up - REARS, used 173 times
- Of the kidneys - RENAL, used 166 times
- Washer cycle - RINSE, used 165 times
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