Hold off Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Hold off featured in Wall Street Journal puzzle on June 3, 2026. We have found 41 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is DEFER.

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12 Potential Answers:

AnswerLengthSourceDate
DEFER Hold off (5) Wall Street Journal Jun 3, 2026
STAVE Hold (off) (5) LA Times Daily Dec 14, 2024
STEM Hold off (4) Newsday Dec 28, 2019
REPEL Hold off (5) The Times Concise Aug 5, 2018
DETER Hold off (5) New York Times Aug 15, 2017
DONT 'Hold off!' (4)
KEEPATADISTANCE Hold off (15)
STALL Hold off (5)
ABSTAIN Holdoff (7)
WAIT Hold off (4)

29 Similar Clues:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
34% WAITS Holds off (5) LA Times Daily Jan 10, 2025
34% RESISTS Holds off (7)
34% KEEPSATBAY Holds off (10)
34% WITHSTANDS Holds off (10)
34% REPELS Holds off (6)
34% DETERS Holds off (6)
34% DELAYS Holds off (6)
29% ATBAY Keep ____, hold off (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Feb 9, 2026
29% FARM Holding off Mass (4)
29% NOTYET 'Hold off for a bit' (6) USA Today Aug 25, 2020

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