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

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