Ward off - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'ward off' is the definition.
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This is all the 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 Newsday, The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Mirror, the Penny Press, the Evening Standard, The New York Times, The Daily Mail, the King Feature Syndicate, the Universal, The Independent, The Wall Street Journal, the Sydney Morning Herald, the LA Times, The Star Tribune, The Washington Post, the USA Today and The Irish Independent.

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

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

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

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

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 New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and the Newsday.

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