| 100% | OXBOW | 5 | Curved device to hold two cows together |
| 38% | WOODGLUE | 8 | Sticky substance used to hold furniture together |
| 37% | WEEP | 4 | Fail to hold it together |
| 37% | COMBINE | 7 | To mix two things together |
| 36% | HEADBAND | 8 | Curved strap to hold hair off the face |
| 36% | RIVET | 5 | Fastener used to hold girders together |
| 35% | ADJOIN | 6 | To connect two things together for use |
| 35% | BROKE | 5 | Not having two nickels to rub together |
| 35% | CLAMP | 5 | Device that holds things together |
| 35% | COMBINE | 7 | To mix together two foods |
| 35% | MELD | 4 | To combine two things together, or fuse them |
| 34% | SUTURE | 6 | Stitch used to hold tissue together in the body |
| 34% | PAPERCLIP | 9 | Tiny coil of wire used to hold documents together |
| 34% | DOWEL | 5 | Wood peg used to hold together parts of furniture |
| 34% | ADHESIVE | 8 | It glues and holds two surfaces together |
| 34% | LIGAMENT | 8 | Stretchy tissue that holds two bones together |
| 34% | SOLDER | 6 | Alloy used to bind two metals together |
| 33% | CLIP | 4 | Paper ___, tool to hold papers together or a makeshift bookmark |
| 33% | BROKE | 5 | Without two nickels to rub together |
| 33% | MOLECULE | 8 | Two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds |
| 32% | ADD | 3 | Put two and two together to get four |
| 32% | CABLETIES | 9 | Used to hold computer cords together for neatness |
| 32% | YOKE | 4 | Piece that holds together two oxen when ploughing |
| 31% | CLOCKRADIOS | 11 | Devices that can be set to AM in two different ways |
| 31% | AGAMOTTO | 8 | Device used to hold the time stone, Eye of __ |
| 31% | STICKS | 6 | Rub two of these together to start a fire |
| 31% | ELMERSGLUE | 10 | What a kid might use to hold 17-, 24-, 35- and 47-Across together |
| 31% | AMNESIA | 7 | Plot device that prompts a protagonist to piece things together |
| 31% | COTEACHER | 9 | One of two colleagues working together to run a classroom |
| 29% | ETALON | 6 | Spectroscopic device with two flat parallel reflecting surfaces used to measure wavelengths |