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Staved off (7)

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I believe the answer is:

averted

'staved off' is the definition.
('avert' can be a synonym of 'stave off')

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for averted that I've seen before include "Turned away or warded off" , "Turned aside or deflected" , "Prevented, warded off" , "Turned away (one's eyes)" , "Turned away; prevented" .)

I've seen this clue in the L.A. Times Sunday, The Sun, the Wall Street Journal, the Thinks.com, The Washington Post, the L.A. Times Daily and The Times.
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