To Control or Contain Some Negative Effect
This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Wild West, Group 435, Puzzle 1 (Catawampus).
Question is: To Control or Contain Some Negative Effect
and the answer is: KEEPATBAY
Word Meaning:
KEEP — (transitive) To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
Definitions from Wiktionary.