| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| GRIPS | Clutches | |
| GRASPS | Clutches | |
| MANUALS | Cars with clutches | |
| WOBBLING | Trembling wing clutches funnylooking blob | |
| HEN | She has little ones in her clutches | |
| OCCUR | Happen to have two hundred in our clutches | |
| POLLEN | Rod clutches learner anticipating direction taken by bees | |
| ESCAPECLAUSES | Loopholes that allow one to evade the clutches of Santa and his wife | |
| CLUTCH | The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; -- often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall into the clutches of an adversary. | |