The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word DEEMED , but the solution may also be HAD which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Held crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DEEMED | 28 % | 6 |
| KEPT | 17 % | 4 |
| HAD | 17 % | 3 |
| OWNED | 10 % | 5 |
| RETAINED | 7 % | 8 |
| ANNA | 3 % | 4 |
| CLASPED | 3 % | 7 |
| BATED | 3 % | 5 |
| RULED | 3 % | 5 |
| MAINTAINED | 3 % | 10 |
| ASSERTED | 3 % | 8 |
Why may HAD be the right solution?
The answer "HAD" fits the clue "Held" because it is the past tense of the verb "to have."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Held
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- accommodated
- accomplished
- accordance
- achieved
- acta
- acted
- adhered
- administered
- advocated
- affirmed
- agreed
- alleged
Crossword Answer definitions
DEEMED verb- To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence.
- To adjudge, to decree.
- To dispense (justice); to administer (law).
- (ditransitive) To hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account.
- To think, judge, or have or hold as an opinion; to decide or believe on consideration; to suppose.
- An accreditation awarded to higher educational institutions in India.
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 DEEMED
More clues leading to the result KEPT
More clues leading to the result HAD
- Owned
- Hoodwinked
- "I've been ___!"
- Scammed
- Tricked
- Rooked
- Swindled
- "This ___ better be good!"
- "___ enough?"
- Consumed
More clues leading to the result OWNED
- Possessed
- Held
- Totally dominated
- Held the deed to
- Defeated, to gamers
- Dominated, in gamer-speak
- Utterly dominated
- Held the title to
- Acknowledged
- Had
More clues leading to the result RETAINED
- Hired, as counsel
- Kept
- Held onto
- Held.
- Kept in mind.
- Hired
- Hired an attorney
- Kept on
- Kept in possession
- Hired, as a lawyer
More clues leading to the result ANNA
- "The King and I" role
- "__ Karenina"
- "____ and the King of Siam"
- Actress Magnani
- Actress ___ Magnani
- Held or Sten
- Palindromic Pavlova
- Soprano Moffo
- Visitor to Siam
- Vronski's love
More clues leading to the result CLASPED
More clues leading to the result BATED
- Lessened
- Kind of breath
- ___ breath
- With ___ breath (expectantly)
- With ___ breath (anxiously)
- With ___ breath (showing anticipation)
- Held back, as breath
- Moderated
- With ___ breath
- With ___ breath: tensely anticipatory
More clues leading to the result RULED
- Like most notebooks
- Notebook paper
- Wielded authority
- Led
- Like notebook paper
- Lined up?
- Held sway
- Like notebook sheets
- Declared as a judge
- Held sway over