Barrel support

The answer

STAVE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STAVE answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for STAVE

Every other clue in this collection answered by STAVE, most used first.

• Barrel part - used 64 times, most recently in 2025
• Ward (off) - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Barrel piece - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Barrel strip - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
• Fend (off) - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of a barrel - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Barrel slat - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• Stanza - used 9 times, most recently in 1999
• Cask part - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• ___ off (forestall) - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Avert, with "off" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Forestall, with "off" - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Hold (off) - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ off (prevent) - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Prevent, with "off" - 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.

• Bridge support - TRUSS, used 43 times
• Bottom of the barrel - WORST, used 27 times
• Bottom-of-the-barrel stuff - DREGS, used 25 times
• Tech support callers - USERS, used 24 times
• Injured arm support - SLING, used 23 times
• Support - BRACE, used 19 times

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