The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word RETAIN , but the solution may also be CASTLE which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Keep crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RETAIN | 37 % | 6 |
| SAVE | 10 % | 4 |
| HANGONTO | 8 % | 8 |
| HOLDONTO | 7 % | 8 |
| HAVE | 5 % | 4 |
| LAST | 5 % | 4 |
| PRESERVE | 3 % | 8 |
| OWN | 3 % | 3 |
| LEAVEIN | 3 % | 7 |
| HOLD | 2 % | 4 |
| DUNGEON | 2 % | 7 |
| CASTLE | 2 % | 6 |
| STAY | 2 % | 4 |
| FORTRESS | 2 % | 8 |
| MAINTAIN | 2 % | 8 |
| LOOKTHEOTHERWAY | 2 % | 15 |
| STRONGHOLD | 2 % | 10 |
| PETAIN | 2 % | 6 |
| BOARD | 2 % | 5 |
| HAS | 2 % | 3 |
Why may CASTLE be the right solution?
The word "keep" can have multiple meanings, and in this crossword clue, it is used in the sense of a fortified structure or stronghold. A castle is a type of keep, which makes it the correct answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Keep
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- keep on
- continue
- sustain
- retain
- support
- maintain
- sustenance
- go on
- hold back
- proceed
- keep back
- save
Crossword Answer definitions
RETAIN verb- To keep in possession or use.
- To keep in one's pay or service.
- To employ by paying a retainer.
- To hold secure.
- To hold back (a pupil) instead of allowing them to advance to the next class or year.
- To restrain; to prevent.
- To belong; to pertain.
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 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
More clues leading to the result SAVE
- Conserve
- Except for
- Sale-ad word
- Computer command
- Redeem
- Goalie's goal
- Smart command to use when you've been working on a document for a while
- Solo success
- Except
- Squirrel away
More clues leading to the result HANGONTO
More clues leading to the result HOLDONTO
More clues leading to the result HAVE
- "__ You Heard" (Duprees tune)
- Partake of
- Possess
- "____ Gun - Will Travel"
- Contain
- "What'll ya ____?" (barkeep's query)
- Own
- Experience
- "___ I told you this already?"
- "___ some!"
More clues leading to the result LAST
- Most up-to-date
- "The ____ of the Mohicans"
- Like a rotten egg?
- Shoemaker's need
- Endure
- Hold out
- Ultimate
- Word before laugh or straw
- ___, but not least...
- Bottom-feeder's place in the standings
More clues leading to the result PRESERVE
- Sanctuary
- Uphold
- Where game is protected
- Marmalade.
- Save.
- Place for game.
- Keep intact.
- Marmalade
- Put up fruit
- Game place
More clues leading to the result OWN
- "A League of Their ____"
- "My __ Private Idaho"
- Have in hand
- Fess up
- Have title to
- __ up (confess)
- Hold the deed to
- "A League of Their __"
- Has the deed to
- Dominate, as it were
More clues leading to the result LEAVEIN
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 DUNGEON
- Castle cooler
- Where Dantes was held, in "The Count of Monte Cristo"
- Spot for an iron maiden
- "Count of Monte Cristo" setting
- Medieval prison
- Underground cell.
- Black hole.
- Part of the Bastille.
- Castle keep.
- Keep.
More clues leading to the result CASTLE
- Fortified building
- "Have fun storming the ___!" ("The Princess Bride")
- Really big house
- Rook
- Place to stay for the knight?
- Kafka novel, with "The"
- Queen's quarters
- King's stronghold
- Windsor, for example
- Fairy tale setting
More clues leading to the result STAY
- Canine command
- Corset support
- Command to Fido
- Hang in
- Remain
- Corset feature
- Don't budge
- Order to Fido
- Stick around
- "Wait, I don't want to be alone here!"
More clues leading to the result FORTRESS
- The Tower of London, for one
- The Tower of London, once
- Military stronghold
- Stronghold
- Defensive structure
- Malta or Gibraltar.
- Flying ___.
- Stronghold.
- England, à la "Richard II"
- Citadel
More clues leading to the result MAINTAIN
More clues leading to the result LOOKTHEOTHERWAY
- Neglect purposefully
- Ignore a transgression
- Ignore wrongdoing
- Ignore something
- Ignore obliquely
- Ignore
- Avoid the issue
- Avoid being a witness?
- Ignore intentionally
- *Keep?
More clues leading to the result STRONGHOLD
More clues leading to the result PETAIN
- Vichy leader
- WWII Vichy leader Henri
- Hero of the Battle of Verdun.
- Chief of State of France.
- Head of Vichy regime.
- Fallen French leader.
- Enigma of France.
- Imprisoned general.
- Ninety-four-year-old Frenchman.
- One-time Marshal of France.
More clues leading to the result BOARD
- Daily meals
- Rainy day game surface
- Monopoly need
- Business people?
- Game setting
- Place to stay
- Committee
- Enplane
- Administrative bunch
- 30 Down's group