Being held back Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Being held back featured in Universal puzzle on September 18, 2026. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is INRESERVE.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% INRESERVE Being held back (9) Universal Sep 18, 2026
33% RETINEBAR I was being held back (9) The Times O Tempora Feb 28, 2026
30% BASING Establishing report is being held back (6)
27% DELAYED Place in legal document being held back (7)
25% DETAINED Being held back, ain't upset, indeed (8) (8)
23% SELDOM Hardly ever spots daughter being held back (6) (6)
23% TELLNOTALES What dead men do, on being held back by informers (11) The Telegraph Cryptic Aug 21, 2017
3% DIGESTIF Drink I'd sent over before matches, say, held back (8) The Times Cryptic Sep 17, 2026
3% ALIEN Extraterrestrial being (5) Commuter Sep 16, 2026
3% RECLINED Ruled again to recruit Conservative, being laid back (8) (8) The Guardian Cryptic Sep 14, 2026

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