Clues for the word "HELD"
We've had 101 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 325 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on March 16, 2026.
Definition of held
- - imp. & p. p. of Hold.
- imp. & p. p. - of Hold
Referring Clues
- Maintained
- Remained fast
- Believed
- Didn't give way
- Grasped
- Kept in custody
- In custody
- Was of the opinion
- Had in hand
- Retained
- Didn't break
- Gripped
- Not allowed to go
- Detained
- Committed a grid infraction
- Clasped or grasped
- Stood firm
- Had in one's hands
- Harbored
- Hugged
- Contained
- Committed a blocking infraction
- Didn't give away
- Detained at the precinct
- Kept fast
- Possessed
- Decided not to sell
- Grasped in one's hand
- Stood up
- Defended against a siege
- Caused a penalty in football
- Didn't collapse
- Didn't draw a card
- Embraced
- Grabbed onto
- Kept in jail
- Kept
- Ruled
- Didn't become unglued
- Possessed in one's hands
- Committed an NFL penalty
- Committed a common football penalty
- Owned
- *Grasped
- In reserve
- Cuddled
- Cuddled
- Clutched
- Clasped
- Had possession of
- ___ in contempt of court
- Maintained, as an opinion
- Decided in court
- Cradled
- In one's arms
- Didn't come unglued
- Supported
- Occupied
- Didn't buckle
- Kept in confinement
- Had in one's portfolio
- Put aside
- Handled
- Kept, as a job
- Had in one's hand
- Kept back
- Restrained
- Stood fast
- Was unyielding
- Averred
- Ziegfeld's first wife
- Possessed in your hands
- Linkin Park: "Hands ___ High"
- Smog song that grasped?
- What Beatles did to "Your Hand"
- Idlewild "You ___ the World in Your Arms"
- Grasping Natalie Grant song?
- What couple did w/hands during ballad
- De La Soul "___ Down"
- Defended successfully
- Detained three lads on a regular basis
- Imprisoned soldier leaving Afghan province
- Sustained
- Tom Petty "Maybe you were kidnapped, tied up, taken away and ___ for ransom"
- Had in your hands
- ___ up: robbed
- Not free to go
- Didn't let out, as one's breath
- Kept for questioning
- Detained, he'd get out of jail in the end
- Had in your hand
- Conducted, as a meeting
- Retained ... or detained
- ___ hands (showed affection)
- Kept a grip on
- Clung onto
- Repressed, with "in"
- Didn't release
- Spooned, maybe
- Waited for a customer service representative, say
- Didn't give
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - March 16, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 12, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 06, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - December 31, 2025
- New York Times - November 23, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 06, 2025
- Daily American - October 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 02, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - September 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 08, 2025
- Daily American - July 10, 2025
- LA Times - June 20, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 19, 2025
- New York Times - May 02, 2025
- LA Times - April 24, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 18, 2025
- Daily American - March 16, 2025
- USA Today - March 04, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 31, 2025
- Mirror Daily - January 07, 2025
- Mirror Daily - January 06, 2025
- LA Times - December 29, 2024
- Mirror Daily - December 13, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 28, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 21, 2024
- LA Times - October 29, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 24, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - October 15, 2024
- LA Times - September 08, 2024
- And in 295 more crossword puzzles...