| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| CONTENDS | Maintains | |
| SUSTAINS | Maintains | |
| HOLDS | Maintains | |
| ASSERTS | Maintains | |
| KEEPSUP | Maintains pace | |
| UPHOLDS | Maintains (law) | |
| POLICES | Maintains order | |
| MAINTAINER | One who maintains. | |
| CALM | Local manager maintains composure | |
| CLEAVERS | Semi-circle maintains meat axes | |
| GROUNDSMAN | Person who maintains a sporting field | |
| PLACENTA | Organ which nourishes and maintains the foetus | |
| ANIMIST | One who maintains the doctrine of animism. | |
| FERRYMAN | One who maintains or attends a ferry. | |
| SPIRITUALIST | One who maintains the doctrine of spiritualism. | |
| CONCEPTUALIST | One who maintains the theory of conceptualism. | |
| HOLDS OUT | Maintains resistance though fortress is in the open | |
| VINDICATOR | One who vindicates; one who justifies or maintains. | |
| TRANSUBSTANTIATOR | One who maintains the doctrine of transubstantiation. | |
| ASSERTER | One who asserts; one who avers pr maintains; an assertor. | |
| POLYGAMIST | One who practices polygamy, or maintains its lawfulness. | |
| FATALIST | One who maintains that all things happen by inevitable necessity. | |
| INFALLIBILIST | One who accepts or maintains the dogma of papal infallibility. | |
| NATURALIST | One who holds or maintains the doctrine of naturalism in religion. | |
| ULTRAMONTANE | One who maintains extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy. See Ultramontanism. | |