The Clue
Stayed behind (8 letter answer)
The Answer
REMAINED
Tags
Notes
The answer REMAINED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2900 puzzles.
Related Clues
Stayed
Tarried
Didn't go
Definition
REMAIN as a verb:
1. (stay, remain, rest) = stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"
2. (stay, stay on, continue, remain) = continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"
3. be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.; "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war"
4. (persist, remain, stay) = stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"