| 100% | LINGERS | 7 | Keeps the host up, perhaps |
| 51% | POLICES | 7 | Keeps up the beat? |
| 50% | RENEW | 5 | Keep up on the issues? |
| 50% | WEED | 4 | Keep up with the plot |
| 49% | PACE | 4 | Kept up the __; didn't lag |
| 49% | JUGGLE | 6 | Keep balls up in the air |
| 49% | AGED | 4 | Kept in the cellar, perhaps |
| 48% | BATTLEFIELD | 11 | "Sally, keep up the fight!" |
| 48% | GARDENING | 9 | Means of keeping the weeds down and the blooms up |
| 47% | SNORES | 6 | Keeps up everyone else at the sleepover, say |
| 47% | LAG | 3 | Fail to keep up the pace |
| 47% | PACE | 4 | Couldn't keep up the __; lagged |
| 47% | PROGRAM | 7 | Set up the dvr, perhaps |
| 47% | TANS | 4 | Soaks up the sun, perhaps |
| 47% | ONADIET | 7 | Giving up the goodies, perhaps |
| 46% | REPRESS | 7 | Keep in the back of one's mind, perhaps |
| 46% | SNORER | 6 | One keeping others up at night, perhaps |
| 46% | ENVY | 4 | Need to keep up with the Joneses |
| 46% | BEHIND | 6 | At the end of, not keeping up |
| 45% | OLDDSTATION | 11 | *What keeps up standards in the radio business? |
| 45% | GOFER | 5 | One picking up the staff lunch order, perhaps |
| 45% | DISPOSALS | 9 | Aids in keeping up with the daily grind? |
| 45% | END | 3 | "You must keep up your ___ of the bargain" |
| 45% | NEWSJUNKIE | 10 | One who might keep up with the Times |
| 45% | DAT | 3 | Keeping up with the news helps you stay up-to-___e |
| 44% | GARTER | 6 | Band worn around the leg to keep stockings up |
| 44% | ADEALSADEAL | 11 | “I’ll keep up my end of the bargain” |
| 44% | EARLY | 5 | Before the sun comes up, perhaps |
| 43% | DRIVERSEDICT | 12 | "Buckle up" or "Passengers, keep your hands off the radio!"? |
| 43% | GARTER | 6 | Band worn around the leg to keep up a stocking |