Hold (off)
The crossword clue "Hold (off)" is answered by STAVE, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 6 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 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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
- Forestall, with "off" - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- 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
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