| 100% | STIR | 4 | Keep a sauce from congealing |
| 74% | STIRS | 5 | Keeps a sauce from burning, say |
| 71% | STIR | 4 | Keep the sauce from congealing, say |
| 48% | STIR | 4 | Keep a risotto from sticking to the pan, say |
| 47% | RUBBERBAND | 10 | One can keep a cutting board from slipping |
| 47% | TENT | 4 | It can keep a camper safe from rain |
| 47% | TANKERANCHOR | 12 | Item to keep a crude carrier from drifting? |
| 47% | AIRCOOL | 7 | Keep from overheating, in a way |
| 47% | QUASH | 5 | Keep from spreading, as a rumor |
| 47% | NEUTER | 6 | Keep from reproducing, as a pet |
| 47% | ANCHOR | 6 | It keeps a ship from drifting |
| 47% | CAULKED | 7 | Kept from leaking, in a way |
| 47% | ICES | 4 | Keeps from swelling, in a way |
| 47% | CONTAINED | 9 | Kept from spreading, as a wildfire |
| 46% | BECHAMEL | 8 | White mother sauce from a roux in French cuisine |
| 46% | STIR | 4 | Keep soup from congealing, maybe |
| 46% | GRAVY | 5 | Sauce poured from a "boat" on Thanksgiving |
| 46% | JUS | 3 | A French sauce made from meat juices |
| 46% | EMBANK | 6 | Keep from spilling over, in a way |
| 46% | MOOR | 4 | Keep from floating away, as a boat |
| 46% | ENCODES | 7 | Keeps from prying eyes, in a way |
| 46% | SNIFFLE | 7 | What one does to keep a runny nose from running |
| 44% | DROGUE | 6 | Device to keep a ship from drifting |
| 44% | SURFA♣10♠SION | 13 | What can keep a bubble from bursting |
| 44% | PAYRAISEOFFER | 13 | What might keep a staffer from quitting |
| 44% | PESTO | 5 | Sauce with a name derived from the Italian for "pounded" |
| 44% | FOGIN | 5 | Keep from taking off, as a plane with low visibility |
| 44% | ICESIN | 6 | Keeps from sailing, as a winter storm might a ship |
| 43% | PLUG | 4 | It keeps water from draining in a bathtub |
| 43% | ANCHOR | 6 | Last bowler on a team, keeps team from drifting |