| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| CLAIM | Maintain | |
| KEEP | Maintain | |
| INSIST | Maintain persistently | |
| MAINTAINED | Of Maintain | |
| MAINTAINING | Of Maintain | |
| AFFIRM | Maintain as true | |
| HOLDON | Maintain a firm grasp | |
| HOLDTHEFORT | Maintain or guard temporarily | |
| ASSERT | To maintain; to defend. | |
| NOURISH | To support; to maintain. | |
| REGIMEN | Systematic plan to maintain health | |
| OPINLATE | To hold or maintain persistently. | |
| HAIR COMBS | Care homes, Spooner says, maintain locks | |
| OUTFITTERS | Tailors expose those who maintain machines | |
| THECOSTOFLIVING | Sum needed to maintain one's existence | |
| POLICE | Control and maintain law and order | |
| DISOWN | Refuse to maintain any connection with | |
| VERIFY | To maintain; to affirm; to support. | |
| WITHHOLD | To keep; to maintain; to retain. | |
| PERSONABLE | Enabled to maintain pleas in court. | |
| AVER | Maintain in YMCA verse to rave about | |
| BEAR | To carry on, or maintain; to have. | |
| BALANCESHEET | Maintain equilibrium with bed linen and bank statement | |
| PENCILSHARPENER | Used in schools once to maintain writer's point | |
| ESCOT | To pay the reckoning for; to support; to maintain. | |