The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word DENY which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2014.
Withhold crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DENY | 57 % | 4 |
| DEDUCT | 10 % | 6 |
| STIFLE | 7 % | 6 |
| KEEP | 7 % | 4 |
| STOP | 7 % | 4 |
| SITON | 3 % | 5 |
| DETAIN | 3 % | 6 |
| FORBEAR | 3 % | 7 |
| ABSTAIN | 3 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Withhold
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- keep back
- deduct
- recoup
- abstain
- forbear
- refrain
- postpone
- defer
- disallow
- deny
- reject
- detain
Crossword Answer definitions
DENY verb- To disallow or reject.
- To assert that something is not true.
- (ditransitive) To refuse to give or grant something to someone.
- To take something away from someone; to deprive of.
- To prevent from scoring.
- To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
- To refuse (to do or accept something).
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 DENY
- Just say no
- Refuse to believe
- Say it isn't so
- Turn down
- Gainsay
- Refuse to accept
- Refute
- Reject as false
- Repudiate
- Say (it) isn't so
More clues leading to the result DEDUCT
- Subtract
- Take away
- Take off
- Take off, as a discount
- Take (from)
- Subtract.
- Dock.
- Take away.
- Dock
- Count expenses when figuring taxes
More clues leading to the result STIFLE
- Bunker command?
- Suppress
- Suppress, as a cough
- Sit on
- Put a lid on
- Horse's knee
- Suppress, as a yawn
- Archie Bunker command
- Squelch
- Archie's admonition to Edith
More clues leading to the result KEEP
- "__ on truckin'"
- Hang onto
- Subsistence
- Hang on to
- Steel family
- Don't give up
- Google alternative to Evernote
- Question, part 2
- What pack rats do
- Maintain
More clues leading to the result STOP
- "__ the music!"
- Depot
- Halt
- Octagon message
- Organ piece
- Railroad-crossing word
- Scrub a mission
- Cease movement
- Discontinue
- Glottal __
More clues leading to the result SITON
- "__ it!": Fonzie
- Use an ottoman
- Perch
- Trigger, as a whoopee cushion
- Squash, in a way
- Keep quiet about
- Squash, perhaps
- Delay, in a way
- ___ one's hands (fail to act)
- Squelch
More clues leading to the result DETAIN
- Hold back
- Hold up
- Keep in custody
- Hold in custody
- Keep from leaving
- Hold for questioning, perhaps
- Hold
- Check.
- Make late.
- Hold back.