100% | FRAMEOFMIND | 11 | "___? That's what holds a painting in your imagination" |
53% | EASEL | 5 | Stand that holds a painting in progress |
50% | STIR | 4 | What to do to paint that's in a just-opened can |
46% | EASEL | 5 | Stand for a painting that's in progress |
46% | KNOT | 4 | What holds a tie in place |
45% | BELT | 4 | I'm a strappy accessory that holds your jeans in place. Who am I? |
44% | ALLY | 4 | Country that's on your side in a war |
43% | HELICOPTERPARENTS | 17 | "___? That's me and your mom when we're in a chopper" |
42% | TSA | 3 | Org. that cares what's in your pockets |
41% | EASEL | 5 | Stand that holds a painting |
41% | EASEL | 5 | What a painting in progress may be propped up on |
40% | AMORE | 5 | What that is, in a 1953 song |
40% | ROOM | 4 | What's left in a cup of coffee so that you can add cream and sugar |
40% | PASSKEY | 7 | What a janitor holds that opens many doors |
40% | ACIDTRIP | 8 | What might change your mind, in a way |
39% | VANITY | 6 | Spot in your bathroom that holds your beauty and grooming essentials |
39% | STRAP | 5 | What holds a guitar over a guitarist's shoulder |
39% | ANCHOR | 6 | Item that holds a ship in place |
39% | GIRTH | 5 | Band that holds a saddle in place |
39% | SMITH | 5 | What would you call a "granny" apple that's green in color? |
39% | STARE | 5 | What paintings in a haunted house might seem to do |
38% | WHERESTHEFIRE | 13 | "What's your hurry?" ... and a literal hint to what's hiding in 20-, 27- and 42-Across |
38% | EXAM | 4 | Test that shows your ability in a subject |
38% | BALANCE | 7 | Vermeer painted a Woman Holding one in 1663 |
38% | ONTHEHOUSE | 10 | What your mortgage usually is, and isn't, in a way |
38% | LAMB | 4 | What Clarice Starling is holding, in a drawing by Hannibal Lecter |
38% | WEAKNESS | 8 | Say what your greatest __ is in a job interview |
37% | SPINE | 5 | What you might turn your head sideways to read, in a bookstore |
37% | ROW | 3 | What you do, do, do to your boat, in a nursery rhyme |
37% | NACHO | 5 | ___ cheese (cheese that isn't yours, in a classic joke) |