Clues for the word "KEEPING"
We've had 12 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 29 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on September 22, 2025.
Definition of keeping
- p. pr. & vb. n. - of Keep
- n. - A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.
- n. - Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have good keeping.
- n. - Conformity; congruity; harmony; consistency; as, these subjects are in keeping with each other.
- n. - Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of this painting is not in keeping.
Referring Clues
- Guardianship
- Custody
- Hanging on to
- With 38-Across and 46-Down, theme of this puzzle
- Staying fresh
- Storing
- With 21-Across, remembering
- Holding onto
- Sneak thief, for example, with pet arrangement for celebrating Christmas?
- Preserving
- "___ The Faith" (Billy Joel song)
- Storing bits of pine in a small cask
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - September 22, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - January 05, 2025
- Daily American - September 11, 2024
- Your Life Choices - July 20, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - April 19, 2024
- Daily American - April 17, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - September 15, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - August 29, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - March 03, 2023
- USA Today - February 14, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - January 05, 2023
- Daily American - September 11, 2022
- New Zealand Herald - June 26, 2022
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 02, 2018
- Your Life Choices - December 22, 2017
- Mindfood Daily - August 18, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - August 11, 2017
- LA Times - November 17, 2016
- New York Times - June 28, 2015
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - October 28, 2014
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 25, 2013
- Washington Post - May 18, 2013
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - May 08, 2011
- USA Today - November 28, 2008
- Universal - November 06, 2007
- LA Times Sunday - March 12, 2006
- Guardian Cryptic - July 30, 2001
- New York Times - October 26, 1997
- New York Times - February 28, 1997