Stave off Crossword Clue

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AVERT

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REPEL

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DETER

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Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. withstand the force of something
2. try to manage without help

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

STAVE (noun)
1. (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
2. one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
STAVE (verb)
1. burst or force (a hole) into something
2. furnish with staves
OFF (verb)
1. kill intentionally and with premeditation
OFF (adverb)
1. from a particular thing or place or position (`forth’ is obsolete)
2. at a distance in space or time
OFF (adjective)
1. (of events) no longer planned or scheduled
2. in an unpalatable state

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

AVERT
(5 letters)
REPEL
(5 letters)
DETER
(5 letters)

More Universal Crossword (9/13/2026) Answers

Across

1. Captain with a whalebone leg

5. Not just “a”

8. Snag, like Inter Miami tickets

11. Wolfed down

15. Actor's assignment

16. “Everyone good to go?”

17. One of many in the Shetlands

18. Dudes

19. Like limes

20. Pigs' facial features

22. "Wouldn't you say?"

24. Other, in Spanish

25. Kamehameha I or George III

27. Invite as one’s date for

29. Pounded Polynesian paste

31. Took rapid transit?

33. Team up with

34. Blushing

35. Response that mocks entitlement

38. Actress West

39. Guns as an engine

40. Fashion brand founded in Laguna Beach

41. What keeps the peas?

42. Prepares for publication

44. Behave like a good dog (and receive lots of pets in return!)

45. __ Sutra

47. Resides

49. "On ___ of my client ..."

51. Enjoy Eliot, Eco or Eggers

52. It goes "to 11" in This Is Spinal Tap

55. Ever so slightly

56. Delusion whose victims believe a person is in love with them

59. "Emma" author Austen

60. 1/60,000,000,000 of a minute

61. "All ___ is quite useless" (Oscar Wilde)

62. Create a plot hole?

63. Finishes

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Down

1. He raised Cain

2. Classroom response

3. Church response

4. Acknowledge an ovation

5. "There should be a law against it!"

6. If only ___ listened …

7. Breyers rival

8. As expected

9. Taunt from a bad winner

10. Contests with defining moments, perhaps?

12. "Wake up and smell the coffee"

13. Leading country in saffron production

14. Mattress company originally named Sleeper

15. Total hoot

21. "I didn't get the memo"

22. Aware of

23. Bout enders briefly

25. Drinking establishment of note?

26. "Help me solve this"

28. Small suggestions

30. Without urgency

31. Sleep under canvas

32. Went back to black, say

36. First-century Roman poet

37. Tiger tots

43. Take care of

46. Friend, in England

48. Vietnam neighbor

49. Tijuana's peninsula informally

52. Soon, to Juliet

53. Word before "games" or "boggling"

54. Shin guards, e.g.

57. Italian broadcaster that's aptly an anagram of "air"

58. Baller in Vegas

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