___ off (forestall)
The crossword clue "___ off (forestall)" is answered by STAVE, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1992. 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
STAVE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STAVE answer page.
Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1992. It appears in 5 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
- 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
- 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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