Clues for the word "DEFEND"
We've had 35 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 110 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on July 24, 2026.
Definition of defend
- v. t. - To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.
- v. t. - To prohibit; to forbid.
- v. t. - To repel danger or harm from; to protect; to secure against; attack; to maintain against force or argument; to uphold; to guard; as, to defend a town; to defend a cause; to defend character; to defend the absent; -- sometimes followed by from or against; as, to defend one's self from, or against, one's enemies.
- v. t. - To deny the right of the plaintiff in regard to (the suit, or the wrong charged); to oppose or resist, as a claim at law; to contest, as a suit.
Referring Clues
- Go to bat for
- Shield
- Stand up for
- Guard
- Try to keep, as a title
- Play safety
- Represent in court
- Keep safe
- Answer the critics of
- Stick up for
- Do a goalkeeper's job
- Protect
- Play goalie
- Make a case for
- Hold the fort, say
- Protect from harm
- Attempt to justify
- Attack's opposite
- Protect against the other team scoring
- What Judas Priest will do to "The Faith"?
- Guard fed up with dissolution
- Justify making a definite start and finish
- Support brilliant objective
- Finish behind full back to protect the goal
- Guard appears fed up over tip
- Guard is fed up to death
- Maintain against attack
- Fed up, having to stop on guard
- Guard is fed up with finish
- Fed up with death in shelter
- Block, as in cricket
- Champion fed up before finish
- US agent returned to kill guard
- Uphold
- Back
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - July 24, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - June 05, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - May 04, 2026
- Daily Quick - March 24, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - January 21, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - December 11, 2025
- New York Times - September 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 27, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 18, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - September 12, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - July 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - July 11, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - June 27, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - May 14, 2024
- Daily Quick - March 23, 2024
- LA Times - March 04, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - January 30, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - January 21, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - July 20, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - June 28, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - June 14, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - June 02, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - May 18, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - May 05, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - February 24, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - October 17, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - October 07, 2022
- And in 80 more crossword puzzles...