Ward off - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'ward off' is the definition. (synonyms) This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for avert that I've seen before include "Prevent from occurring" , "Ward off, deflect" , "Turn aside, perhaps gaze" , "Turn aside or ward off" , "Parry" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, The Telegraph, the USA Today, The Mirror, the Universal, The Guardian, The Independent, The Irish Independent, the King Feature Syndicate, The Washington Post, the Penny Press, the Newsday, The Daily Mail, the LA Times, The Star Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and the Sydney Morning Herald.

'ward off' is the definition. (I've seen this in another clue) This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for deter that I've seen before include "Cause not to do something" , "Dishearten" , "Prevent by instilling fear" , "Hinder, prevent" , "stop" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, The Telegraph, the USA Today, The Mirror, the Universal, The Guardian, The Independent, The Irish Independent, the King Feature Syndicate, The Washington Post, the Penny Press, the Newsday, The Daily Mail, the LA Times, The Star Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and the Sydney Morning Herald.

(Other definitions for stave that I've seen before include "Part of a wooden barrel" , "Wooden piece of barrel" , "System of five horizontal lines in written music" , "Strip of wood" , "Bar" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, The Telegraph, the USA Today, The Mirror, the Universal, The Guardian, The Independent, The Irish Independent, the King Feature Syndicate, The Washington Post, the Penny Press, the Newsday, The Daily Mail, the LA Times, The Star Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and the Sydney Morning Herald.

'ward off' is the definition. (I've seen this in another clue) This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for parry that I've seen before include "evasive action" , "Ward off - English composer, d. 1918" , "Deflect (a blow)" , "Answer evasively; 'Jerusalem' composer" , "Jerusalem's composer" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, The Telegraph, the USA Today, The Mirror, the Universal, The Guardian, The Independent, The Irish Independent, the King Feature Syndicate, The Washington Post, the Penny Press, the Newsday, The Daily Mail, the LA Times, The Star Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and the Sydney Morning Herald.

'ward off' is the definition. (I've seen this before) This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for fend that I've seen before include "Ward (off); manage (for oneself)" , "Manage (usually for oneself)" , "Try to manage without help" , "Ward off from offender" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal, the King Feature Syndicate, the Newsday, the LA Times, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.

(Other definitions for thwart that I've seen before include "seat for oarsman" , "Frustrate, prevent from doing" , "Stymie" , "Prevent from succeeding" , "cross" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday and the Penny Press.

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