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

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

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

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

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

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

This is the entire 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 New York Times, the Newsday, the Universal and The Wall Street Journal.

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