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 LA Times in 2020.
Maintained crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HELD | 36 % | 4 |
| KEPT | 24 % | 4 |
| ASSERTED | 5 % | 8 |
| HELDTO | 5 % | 6 |
| AVERRED | 5 % | 7 |
| UPHELD | 4 % | 6 |
| ALLEGED | 3 % | 7 |
| AVOWED | 3 % | 6 |
| KEPTUP | 3 % | 6 |
| WELLKEPT | 1 % | 8 |
| RAN | 1 % | 3 |
| STATED | 1 % | 6 |
| NURTURED | 1 % | 8 |
| HAD | 1 % | 3 |
| SERVICED | 1 % | 8 |
| SUPPORTED | 1 % | 9 |
| SAID | 1 % | 4 |
| ARGUED | 1 % | 6 |
| CLAIMED | 1 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Maintained
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- serviceable
- well-kept
- kept up
- preserved
- repaired
- retained
- serviced
- upkeep
- maintenance
- prepared
- updating
- preserving
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 KEPT
More clues leading to the result ASSERTED
- Expressed positively
- Said positively
- Put forward
- Put forth
- Maintained.
- Maintained by words.
- Stated forcefully.
- Claimed.
- Stated
- Defended
More clues leading to the result HELDTO
- Clung
- Stuck with
- Made accountable for
- Stuck with, as a belief
- Maintained, as beliefs
- Didn't let renege on
- Maintained
- Maintained, as one's principles
- Didn't stray from
- Steadfastly maintained, as one's beliefs
More clues leading to the result AVERRED
- Swore
- Stated categorically
- Alleged as fact
- Stated as fact
- Maintained
- Affirmed.
- Asserted.
- Declared.
- Swore to.
- Made affirmation.
More clues leading to the result UPHELD
- Raised
- Supported
- Stood behind
- Supported, as an appealed decision
- Backed, as a lower court's ruling
- Sided with
- Defended, as family honor
- Emulated Atlas
- Maintained.
- Supported.
More clues leading to the result ALLEGED
- Ostensible
- Took a stab in Clue
- Purported
- Claimed without proof
- So-called
- Thought to be
- Contended
- Pretrial word
- Asserted
- Asserted without proof.
More clues leading to the result AVOWED
More clues leading to the result KEPTUP
More clues leading to the result WELLKEPT
More clues leading to the result RAN
- Campaigned
- Operated
- Sought office
- Competed
- Did a 5K
- High-tailed it
- Managed
- Took to one's heels
- Turned tail
- __ through (rehearsed)
More clues leading to the result STATED
- Put into words
- Declared
- Transmitted vocally
- Explicit
- Explicit, say
- Declared as fact
- Declared specifically
- Proclaimed
- Said
- Uttered
More clues leading to the result NURTURED
- Cared for
- Furthered the development of
- Fed.
- Maintained.
- Educated.
- Fed
- Reared
- Was a mentor to
- Gave plenty of TLC
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 SERVICED
More clues leading to the result SUPPORTED
More clues leading to the result SAID
- Voiced
- Put into words
- Vocalized
- Uttered
- "You __ it!"
- Aforementioned
- Egypt's Port ___
- "You ___ it!"
- Came out with
- Pronounced
More clues leading to the result ARGUED
- Had words
- Debated
- Had a spat
- Had a debate
- Made one's case
- Made a case
- Pled one's case
- Fought
- Debated.
- Discussed.