Answer: STAKE
STAKE is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 110 times.
Referring Clues:
- Vampire hunter's weapon
 - Interest
 - Tent need
 - Tent-pitching need
 - Personal involvement
 - Surveil, with "out"
 - Investment
 - Amount wagered
 - Ante
 - Anti-vampire tool
 - Purse
 - Vampire hunter's aid
 - Garden plant support
 - Vampire vanquisher
 - Tent securer
 - Horseshoes target
 - Vampire-slaying weapon
 - Bankroll
 - Vampire killer
 - Investor's position
 - Dracula's bane
 - Buffy's weapon
 - Defense against some undead
 - Boundary marker
 - Vested interest
 - Garden support
 - Weapon for Buffy
 - 128-Across support
 - Fence post
 - Amount being bet
 - Amount bet
 - Amount at risk
 - Garden-plant support
 - Dracula's undoing
 - Money gambled
 - Property marker
 - Gambler's money
 - Put at risk
 - Interest, as in a venture
 - Tent pitcher's pole
 - Gambler's fund
 - Vampire's concern
 - Gamble
 - Driven supporter
 - Something ventured
 - Dracula's heartfelt dread
 - Plant support
 - What a ringer rings
 - Put on the line
 - Tent post
 - Camping support
 - Poker bet
 - Poker bet
 - Tomato prop
 - Tomato prop
 - Bet
 - Tent anchor
 - Tent peg
 - Risk
 - Picket, e.g.
 - Cash on hand?
 - Vertical post
 - Share in a business
 - Joan of Arc nemesis
 - Financial involvement
 - Vampire's undoing
 - Monetary interest
 - A vampire might take it to heart
 - Vampire's bane
 - Gambler's wager
 - Commercial interest
 - Vampire's fear
 - Gardener's support
 - Claim, with "out"
 - Wooden post
 - Sum at risk
 - Rooting interest
 - Money for gambling
 - With 37-Across, vampire's bane #5, represented literally
 - Shares held by a shareholder
 - Support for a garden plant
 - Simple sign holder
 - Weapon in some supernatural movies
 - Place for a ringer
 - Spile
 - Spike
 - Prize money
 - Make a claim
 - Tent prop
 - Tomato plant support
 - Sapling support
 - Something stuck through a vampire's heart
 - Buffy's weapon of choice
 - Pointed piece of wood
 - "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" weapon
 - Parlay
 - Chips on the table
 - What's being risked
 - Share
 - Wager
 - Vampire slayer's weapon
 - Cucumber plant support
 - Peony support
 - Vampire-vanquishing weapon
 - Anti-vampire weapon
 - Tent spike
 - Post
 - It'_ _ _ _ _n on a vampire hunt
 - Sticking point for a gardener?
 - Sight in a tomato patch
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - August 05, 2025
 - New York Times - July 18, 2025
 - New York Times - June 11, 2025
 - New York Times - December 26, 2024
 - USA Today - November 22, 2024
 - New York Times - August 28, 2024
 - USA Today - October 24, 2023
 - USA Today - August 31, 2023
 - LA Times - August 09, 2023
 - New York Times - October 03, 2022
 - LA Times - August 04, 2022
 - USA Today - July 27, 2022
 - New York Times - July 11, 2022
 - LA Times - June 06, 2022
 - LA Times - January 22, 2022
 - LA Times - December 13, 2021
 - LA Times - July 09, 2021
 - LA Times - April 10, 2021
 - USA Today - April 09, 2021
 - Universal - April 06, 2021
 
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