The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HELD which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
In custody crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
HELD | 53 % | 4 |
UNDERLOCKANDKEY | 21 % | 15 |
ARRESTED | 11 % | 8 |
UNDERARREST | 11 % | 11 |
ENCAGED | 5 % | 7 |
Why may HELD be the right solution?
The word "held" means to be kept in custody or confinement, which makes it a suitable answer for the clue "In custody."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: In custody
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- arrested
- incarcerated
- imprisoned
- arrestee
- jailed
- behind bars
- handcuffed
- detained
- apprehended
- locked up
- incarceration
- jail cell
Crossword Answer definitions
HELD verb- To grasp or grip.
- To contain or store.
- (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
- (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
- To win one's own service game.
- To take place, to occur.
- To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- To derive right or title.
- In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
- To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
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 HELD
- Contained
- Maintained, as an opinion
- Committed a gridiron no-no
- Kept back
- Withstood
- Kept in jail
- Possessed
- Didn't budge
- Didn't fall
- Wouldn't let go
More clues leading to the result UNDERLOCKANDKEY
- Secured
- Safe
- With entrance prevented, perhaps
- Safe.
- Secure
- Well secured
- Like the thief at 17- and 27-Across
- Where all eight X's appear in this puzzle
- 1985 "In My Dreams" Dokken album
- In custody
More clues leading to the result ARRESTED
- Slapped the cuffs on
- With 33-Across, TV show whose main characters are hidden throughout this grid
- Apprehended
- Caught by the heat
- Taken into custody
- Brought in
- Like some development
- Brought to a standstill
- Run in
- Word in the Bluth family's show title
More clues leading to the result UNDERARREST
- "You're ____!": collaring words
- Taken away in handcuffs ... and a hint to the starts of 17-, 28- and 44-Across
- Oppressed by the heat?
- Being hauled to the station
- In custody