Stave (off) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Stave off featured in LA Times Daily puzzle on December 20, 2025. 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 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is AVERT.

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7 Potential Answers:

AnswerLengthSourceDate
AVERT Stave off (5) LA Times Daily Dec 20, 2025
FEND Stave (off) (4) New York Times May 16, 2025
REPEL Stave off (5) USA Today Jan 6, 2025
DETER Stave off (5) Universal Sep 8, 2023
COMBAT Stave off (6)
WARD Stave (off) (4)
RESIST Stave off (6)

33 Similar Clues:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
41% FENDS Staves (off) (5) Wall Street Journal Apr 5, 2025
41% AVERTS Staves off (6) New York Times Jul 4, 2021
41% AVERTED Staved off (7) The Times Concise May 31, 2020
41% REPELS Staves off (6)
41% STALLS Staves off (6)
38% ATBAY Keep ____, stave off (5) The Telegraph Plusword Sep 20, 2025
36% REPULSED Staved off repelled (8)
36% VESTA Stave off the match! (5)
32% PRECLUDE Stave off, forestall inhibit (8)
32% DONTSTARTWITHME Words to stave off a disagreement (15)

Clues for The LA Times Daily Puzzle on December 20, 2025

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