Stave off Crossword Clue

Other answers seen for this clue

• FEND4 letters

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  Appeared in 2 New York Times Crosswords between January 2022 and May 2025.
• DETER5 letters

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  Appeared in 2 New York Times Crosswords between January 2016 and April 2018.

• Turn away

  New York Times · Saturday, February 8, 2025 · 5 letters

• Forestall

  New York Times · Friday, August 16, 2024 · 5 letters

• Keep from happening

  New York Times · Sunday, August 11, 2024 · 5 letters

• Head off

  New York Times · Thursday, July 25, 2024 · 5 letters

• Prevent, as a crisis

  New York Times · Tuesday, November 21, 2023 · 5 letters

• Manage to stop

  New York Times · Friday, October 14, 2022 · 5 letters

• Turn aside

  New York Times · Sunday, April 3, 2022 · 5 letters

• Fend off

  New York Times · Friday, July 30, 2021 · 5 letters

• Prevent, as disaster

  New York Times · Monday, March 8, 2021 · 5 letters

• Deflect

  New York Times · Monday, May 13, 2019 · 5 letters

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• 1-Down Shredded side dish
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• 5-Down Ivy in upstate New York
• 6-Down Melville captain
• 7-Down Full of baloney
• 8-Down Elevator passageway
• 9-Across Office subs
• 9-Down Spot to sip a mai tai
• 10-Down Send forth