KEPT

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KEPT is a legal Scrabble word. See a dictionary definition for KEPT.

78 total results for KEPT( score: 50 )

41 results for KEPT from Modern Era puzzles:

Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Aug 25, 2024	42D	Didn't spoil (4)	John Kugelman	Fagliano
Mon Aug 19, 2024	55D	Held on to (7)	Kenneth Cortes	Fagliano
Mon Dec 5, 2022	60D	Hung on to	Tracy Gray	Shortz
Wed Nov 30, 2022	21D	Didn't discard	Addison Snell	Shortz
Fri Jul 1, 2022	43A	Maintained	Christina Iverson and Caitlin Reid	Shortz
Sun May 29, 2022	18A	Held on to (7)	Daniel Bodily and Jeff Chen	Shortz
Sun Feb 27, 2022	66D	Didn't ditch	Sheldon Polonsky	Shortz
Sat Dec 19, 2020	16D	Stayed fresh (2)	Caitlin Reid and Andrew J. Ries	Shortz
Mon Apr 13, 2020	32D	Didn't spoil, as food	Evan Kalish	Shortz
Sat Dec 29, 2018	32D	Held	Robyn Weintraub	Shortz
Sun Oct 7, 2018	109D	Remained fresh	Tom McCoy	Shortz
Thu Aug 30, 2018	27D	Held on to (7)	Grant Thackray	Shortz
Fri Mar 16, 2018	9A	Saved	Robyn Weintraub	Shortz
Tue Feb 9, 2016	66A	Saved for later	Lynn Lempel	Shortz
Sun Nov 16, 2014	42D	Possessed	Andrew J. Ries	Shortz
Wed Jul 2, 2014	63A	Didn't spoil (4)	Dick Shlakman and Jeff Chen	Shortz
Sat Feb 15, 2014	1D	Didn't spoil (4)	Julian Lim	Shortz
Tue Nov 20, 2012	19A	Left in	Allan E. Parrish	Shortz
Sat Sep 29, 2012	28A	Kind of woman (3)	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Mon Dec 12, 2011	1D	Retained (4)	Gary Cee	Shortz
Mon Apr 11, 2011	64A	Held on to (7)	Ian Livengood	Shortz
Sat Feb 12, 2011	9D	Didn't surrender (2)	Joel Fagliano	Shortz
Fri Dec 17, 2010	37A	Held back	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Mon Sep 20, 2010	61A	Retained (4)	Bernice Gordon	Shortz
Sat Sep 4, 2010	8D	Didn't go stale	Mark Diehl	Shortz
Mon Jan 12, 2009	50A	Held on to (7)	Lynn Lempel	Shortz
Thu Sep 4, 2008	34D	Stayed fresh (2)	Matt Ginsberg	Shortz
Mon Jun 4, 2007	40A	Held on to (7)	Steve Kahn	Shortz
Thu Aug 25, 2005	34D	Had in stock	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Thu Mar 31, 2005	39D	Didn't spoil (4)	David Liben-Nowell	Shortz
Sun Sep 12, 2004	24D	Set aside	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Sat May 31, 2003	56A	Didn't surrender (2)	Mitch Komro	Shortz
Wed Sep 1, 1999	61A	Kind of woman (3)	Alan Arbesfeld	Shortz
Thu Aug 20, 1998	36D	Didn't hand off	Harvey Estes	Shortz
Thu Sep 11, 1997	52D	Preserved	Matt Gaffney	Shortz
Mon Jan 13, 1997	67A	Didn't part with	G. E. Paul	Shortz
Wed May 8, 1996	41A	Retained (4)	R. Norris	Shortz
Wed Nov 15, 1995	25A	Held on to (7)	Matt Gaffney	Shortz
Sat Aug 26, 1995	6D	Kind of woman (3)	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Mon Oct 31, 1994	20A	Retained (4)	Sidney L. Robbins	Shortz
Wed Aug 3, 1994	10A	Hoarded	Richard Thomas	Shortz

1 result for KEPT from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jan 24, 1999	Diagramless	27D	Didn't discard	Frank Longo	Shortz

36 results for KEPT from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jul 12, 1992	37D	Supported	Patricia A. Cevaal	Maleska
Tue Jul 9, 1991	3D	Held	Jeff Herrington	Maleska
Sun Jun 10, 1990	9A	Withheld	Alfio Micci	Maleska
Tue May 29, 1990	6A	Retained	Nancy Joline	Maleska
Mon Feb 2, 1987	44A	Fulfilled, as a promise	Joy L. Wouk	Maleska
Fri Sep 13, 1985	1D	Reserved	Peggy Devlin	Maleska
Thu Oct 22, 1981	1D	Held on to	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Wed Sep 9, 1981	29D	Held on to	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Sun Sep 6, 1981	115A	Retained	Alfio Micci	Maleska
Thu Mar 26, 1981	45A	Like Amber and Becky Sharp	Judson G. Trent	Maleska
Tue Apr 1, 1980	13D	Retained	Ernst Theimer	Maleska
Sun Nov 25, 1979	19A	Held	Alex F. Black	Maleska
Sun Oct 12, 1975	73A	Held onto	Robert Roop	Weng
Sun Jun 29, 1975	71D	Retained	A. J. Santora	Weng
Fri Oct 11, 1974	62A	Maintained	Bert H. Kruse	Weng
Fri Dec 1, 1972	69A	Retained	Unknown	Weng
Sat Nov 11, 1972	52D	Held onto	Unknown	Weng
Sat Aug 5, 1972	37A	Retained	Unknown	Weng
Sun Oct 24, 1971	85D	Maintained	Joseph LaFauci	Weng
Sun Sep 6, 1970	80A	Maintained	Barbara Lewis	Weng
Fri Mar 28, 1969	25A	Held onto.	Unknown	Weng
Wed Mar 26, 1969	37A	Preserved.	Unknown	Weng
Tue Jul 20, 1965	48A	Took care of.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Apr 14, 1962	24A	Held in reserve.	Alda Zimpel	Farrar
Wed Jan 17, 1962	48D	Maintained.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Jul 23, 1960	29D	Maintained.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Mar 22, 1960	30D	Preserved.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Dec 7, 1958	33A	Retained.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Tue May 13, 1958	37A	Retained.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Oct 5, 1957	8D	Held on to.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Jan 8, 1957	63A	Guarded.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Sun Sep 7, 1952	135D	Retained.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Fri Mar 7, 1952	19A	Maintained.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 10, 1949	34D	Retained.	Archie S. Kreiling	Farrar
Sun Jun 29, 1947	120A	Retained.	Lester Keene	Farrar
Sun Mar 26, 1944	134A	Retained.	Jonathan Cross	Farrar

Anagrams:

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