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

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

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

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