Answer to "Hang onto" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word KEEP , but the solution may also be HOLD which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in LA Times).

Hang onto crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
KEEP	61 %	4
HOLD	22 %	4
CLING	11 %	5
RETAIN	6 %	6

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hang onto

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• hang on
• hold on
• hang tight
• cling on
• hold fast
• hold onto
• hang about
• stick around
• hold out
• hang tough
• hang back
• hang around

Crossword Answer definitions

KEEP noun

1. The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.
2. The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
3. The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge; notice.
4. The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
5. That which is kept in charge; a charge.
6. A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.

KEEP verb

1. To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
2. (heading) To hold the status of something.
3. (heading) To hold or be held in a state.
4. To wait for, keep watch for.
5. To act as wicket-keeper.
6. To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
7. To be in session; to take place.
8. To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate.
9. (by extension) To visit (a place) often; to frequent.
10. To observe or celebrate (a holiday).

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result KEEP

• "__ on truckin'"
• Hang onto
• Subsistence
• Hang on to
• Steel family
• Don't give up
• Google alternative to Evernote
• Question, part 2
• What pack rats do
• Maintain

More clues leading to the result HOLD

• Countdown delay
• Stick fast
• Impose restraints on
• Phone button
• Confine
• Cargo compartment
• Telephone limbo
• Where cargo rides
• Ship's cargo area
• Nelson, for example

More clues leading to the result CLING

• Hold on
• Hang onto
• Be codependent, say
• Peach
• Hang on
• Stick
• Hang on tight
• Hold tight
• Prolong an embrace, say
• Hang on (to)

More clues leading to the result RETAIN

• Engage, as counsel
• Keep
• Keep possession of
• Pay up front, as a lawyer
• Hang on to
• Keep in one's memory
• Hold back
• Hire, as a lawyer
• Hold on to
• Don't give up