| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| CLAMP | Hold firmly | |
| CLASP | Hold firmly | |
| CLING | Hold firmly | |
| TIE | To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold. | |
| CLINCH | To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly. | |
| TRUSS | To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon. | |
| STAY | To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to hold up; to support. | |
| BRACE | To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly; as, he braced himself against the crowd. | |
| DOGSHORE | One of several shores used to hold a ship firmly and prevent her moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching. | |
| OBLIGATE | To bind or firmly hold to an act; to compel; to constrain; to bind to any act of duty or courtesy by a formal pledge. | |
| SLIP | To slide; to lose one's footing or one's hold; not to tread firmly; as, it is necessary to walk carefully lest the foot should slip. | |
| FASTEN | To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something , or to cleave together, by any mean... | |
| INSIST | To take a stand and refuse to give way; to hold to something firmly or determinedly; to be persistent, urgent, or pressing; to persist in deman... | |