Retained Crossword Clue

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Retained Crossword Answer

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HELDONTO

(8 letters)

HUNGONTO

(8 letters)

HELD

(4 letters)

SAVED

(5 letters)

Helpful Hints

(adjective)
1. (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded

Hint 2: Clue Definition

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

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

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

More USA Today Crossword (8/5/2026) Answers

Across

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11. Sticky note brand

13. Sports cars with horse logos

16. Like a joke understood by few

17. Cause a temperature warning on a phone

18. Reduce the power of, in gaming

19. Scatter around

21. History textbook unit

22. Some steak orders

24. Settle up

26. Bookish

29. Cassette

30. Yoga pose

31. They have a big E at the top

35. Word after "T." or "Oedipus"

36. Any of 150 Biblical songs

37. Promise to settle up later

38. Cashless payment tool

41. "Beautiful Things" singer Benson

43. Steals from

44. Required

46. They generate interest

48. "Squid Game" or "My Golden Life"

49. Smile's shape

50. Bigfoot or Godzilla

51. "10/10, no notes," for example

55. Pastry treats on sticks

58. Beach day container full of ice

60. Like November, among the months of the year

61. Back-baring top

62. Virginia, for one

63. Doesn't succeed

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Down

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2. Solitary

3. Letters on pre-1991 maps

4. Become less flexible

5. Started a game of Sardines

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9. Portion of the day during which teachers don't actually get downtime

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24. Go team!

25. Anti-pollution org.

26. Fat in some piecrusts

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29. "31 Days of Oscar" channel

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40. Channel with "Modern Family" reruns

41. Pow!

42. In the midst of a hot streak

45. Success on a dating app

46. Fabric full of holes

47. Some doctoral exams

50. What a radius is and a diameter is not

52. Range above tenor

53. Selina Meyer sitcom

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56. Actress Longoria

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59. Clumsy type

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