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 |
| AVOWED | 3 % | 6 |
| KEPTUP | 3 % | 6 |
| ALLEGED | 3 % | 7 |
| SAID | 1 % | 4 |
| ARGUED | 1 % | 6 |
| CLAIMED | 1 % | 7 |
| WELLKEPT | 1 % | 8 |
| RAN | 1 % | 3 |
| STATED | 1 % | 6 |
| NURTURED | 1 % | 8 |
| HAD | 1 % | 3 |
| SERVICED | 1 % | 8 |
| SUPPORTED | 1 % | 9 |
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 AVOWED
More clues leading to the result KEPTUP
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 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.
More clues leading to the result CLAIMED
- Spoken for
- Formerly in the lost-and-found
- Retrieved, as baggage
- Asserted
- Demanded
- Had rights to
- Retrieved at an airport carousel
- Alleged
- Put forth
- Maintained.
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