Forestall, with "off"
The crossword clue "Forestall, with "off"" is answered by STAVE, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1976. 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
STAVE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STAVE answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 3 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 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
- Hold (off) - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Barrel support - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- ___ 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.
- Fill with joy - ELATE, used 232 times
- Put up with - ABIDE, used 183 times
- Gives off - EMITS, used 178 times
- Ward off - AVERT, used 152 times
- Cut off - SEVER, used 104 times
- Put off - DEFER, used 99 times
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