Hold dear
The crossword clue "Hold dear" is answered by TREASURE, a 8-letter entry. Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TREASURE
8 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TREASURE answer page.
Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
Other clues for TREASURE
Every other clue in this collection answered by TREASURE, most used first.
- Cherish - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Hold back - RESTRAIN, used 24 times
- "Hold on!" - WAITASEC, used 14 times
- Hold one's ground - STANDPAT, used 9 times
- Hold spellbound - ENTHRALL, used 9 times
- Hold sacred - ENSHRINE, used 6 times
Search the clue collection
Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.