Retained Crossword Clue

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Retained Crossword Answer

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KEPT

(4 letters)

HELDONTO

(8 letters)

HUNGONTO

(8 letters)

HELD

(4 letters)

SAVED

(5 letters)

Helpful Hints

Hint 1: Clue Definition

RETAINED (adjective)
1. continued in your keeping or use or memory

Hint 2: Other Answers Used in the Past

KEPT
(4 letters)
HELDONTO
(8 letters)
HUNGONTO
(8 letters)
HELD
(4 letters)
SAVED
(5 letters)

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
DAH

More WSJ Crossword (9/2/2026) Answers

Across

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10. “Hard as a Rock” band

14. Its app has a “Where to?” field

15. How many play Wordle

16. Lively quality

17. Quail collective

18. Basis of many skateboarding tricks

19. Sweat unit

20. Cherry castoffs

22. TSA checkpoint needs

23. "Holy moly!"

24. Early Ford competitor

25. Blockchain-based collectible, for short

26. Letters after a comma

29. Least willing to share information

32. Makeshift shelter

35. Makes an oopsy

37. “I really didn’t say everything I said” speaker

38. Is worse for wear

39. Obedience school command

40. Seize forcibly

41. Waithe of “Ready Player One”

42. Old Testament book before Jeremiah

44. Where some jokes are taken

46. Coddlers of toddlers

48. Kicks out of office

49. Publicist’s piece

51. Weather phenomenon on a muggy afternoon (NBA/NHL)

57. Pacific island kingdom

58. Chum

59. Shop collection

61. Market measure

62. Forest's role in The Last King of Scotland

63. Bothered a lot

64. Eight-time Ballon d’Or winner

65. Org. with a “No Such Podcast”

66. Like pleasant fall weather

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Down

1. Barbecue seasonings

2. Skeptical response

3. Intensely surreal experience (WNBA/WNBA)

4. “You wouldn’t dare!” response

5. Big commotion

6. Caulfield’s creator

7. What viral videos spread like (NHL/WNBA)

8. Top-tier celebrities

9. Science Guy Bill

10. Brothers’ keeper?

11. Leaders in the pits (MLS/NFL)

12. Cameron of "Charlie's Angels"

13. Concluding passage

21. Org.'s kin

23. Still

27. Common pronoun pairing

28. Am not! retort

30. Core-strengthening device

31. High schooler’s exam (that’s not redundant, since its letters no longer stand for anything)

33. Radii neighbors

34. Bygone emperors

36. Narrow

38. ___ masala (potato dish)

43. Puddle-jumper?

45. It hasn’t been squared

47. Arrive unnoticed

48. National flower of Mexico

50. Jeepers!

51. Perfect

52. Wraps up

53. A long time

54. Really small amount

55. Père ___ (Santa's French counterpart)

56. Flashy rock genre

57. Minnesota governor Walz

60. Unkempt digs

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