Way you probably don’t want to be held Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Way you probably don’t want to be held last seen in Wall Street Journal puzzle. 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 7 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is HOSTAGE.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% HOSTAGE Way you probably don’t want to be held (7) Wall Street Journal Mar 21, 2020
6% ODDS Probability (4) Premier Sunday Nov 30, 2025
6% YES Probable answer to "do you want ice cream?" (3)
6% CMON "You know you want to!" (4) LA Times Daily Oct 12, 2025
5% TOA ___ T (3) New York Times Dec 20, 2025
5% DESIRED Wanted (7) Commuter Dec 20, 2025
5% THROWON Quickly don (7) LA Times Daily Dec 16, 2025
5% DWORD "Divorce," when you don't want to explicitly say it (5) The Washington Post Mini Dec 13, 2025
5% MUTUAL Held in common (6) Newsday Dec 11, 2025
5% AIME "Je t'___" (French for "I love you") (4) USA Today Dec 10, 2025

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