| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| GRIPPED | Held fast | |
| RIDOTTO | A favorite Italian public entertainment, consisting of music and dancing, -- held generally on fast eves. | |
| GRAPPLING | A laying fast ho1d of; also, that by which anything is seized and held, a grapnel. | |
| PINCHERS | An instrument having two handles and two grasping jaws working on a pivot; -- used for griping things to be held fast, drawing nails, etc. | |
| BAIRAM | The name of two Mohammedan festivals, of which one is held at the close of the fast called Ramadan, and the other seventy days after the fast. | |
| TORSION | ... about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction. ... | |