Kept by Ian to deter them (8) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% RETAINED Kept by Ian to deter them (8) (8)
5% ONICE Kept in reserve (5) Wall Street Journal Mar 11, 2026
5% ONE With 23-Across, repeated words in the Tolkien verse "___ to rule them all, ___ to find them, ___ to bring them all and in the darkness bind them" (3) Universal Mar 10, 2026
5% BASTED Kept moist during roasting (6) Puzzler Backwords Mar 9, 2026
5% TOROS Estoques are pointed at them (5) New York Times Mar 7, 2026
5% RANON Just kept talking and talking (5) USA Today Mar 5, 2026
5% ITSONNOW "Them's fightin' words" (8) The Atlantic Mar 5, 2026
5% HID Kept out of sight (3) Newsday Mar 4, 2026
5% AMSTERDAM 1998 novel by Ian McEwan (9) (9) Mirror Quiz Mar 4, 2026
5% NATIVE Confuse vet Ian, a local inhabitant (6) (6) Puzzler Cryptic Feb 26, 2026
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