| 100% | DEBASER | 7 | One who holds low character in his hands |
| 44% | WORKMAN | 7 | One who makes his living with his hands |
| 42% | ARTIFICIALBLOND | 15 | One who dyes by his own hand |
| 42% | PRISONER | 8 | One who is held against his/her will |
| 41% | CUP | 3 | Hold in one's hands |
| 41% | CUPPING | 7 | Holding in one's hands |
| 41% | GRASPED | 7 | Held in one's hand |
| 41% | GRIP | 4 | Hold in one's hand |
| 41% | GRASP | 5 | Hold in one's hand |
| 41% | REF | 3 | One who puts his hands over his head for safety? |
| 41% | FINK | 4 | One who is disapproved of or is held in contempt |
| 40% | HAVEAKNAVE | 10 | Hold one jack in one's hand? |
| 40% | MEME | 4 | Kevin James with his hands in his pockets, for one |
| 39% | ACEDEUCE | 8 | Good hand holding in Omaha Hi-Lo |
| 38% | DRINKINGBUDDY | 13 | Medical pro who holds a pal's hand in a tattoo parlor? |
| 38% | LEVON | 5 | Title character in a ballad who "wears his war wound like a crown" |
| 38% | LEO | 3 | Character who has his eyebrows singed off in a "Seinfeld" episode |
| 36% | LEELA | 5 | One-eyed "Futurama" character who grew up in the Cookieville Minimum Security Orphanarium |
| 36% | ROD | 3 | ___ Martin, former NFL player who holds the Super Bowl record for most interceptions in one game |
| 36% | LIENOR | 6 | One who holds a note |
| 36% | UNDERBID | 8 | In contract bridge, a lower bid on one's hand than its strength warrants |
| 36% | SKULL | 5 | What Hamlet holds in his hand when he says "Alas, poor Yorick!" |
| 35% | LAGERFELD | 9 | Karl ___, former creative director of Chanel who held the position from 1983 until his death in 2019 |
| 35% | PURIN | 5 | Beagle who holds the Guinness World Record for most balls caught with the paws in one minute |
| 35% | STYLES | 6 | Former One Direction singer Harry who had his acting debut in 2017's "Dunkirk" |
| 34% | NIOBE | 5 | One who "lives in stone and still nurses the sorrows sent upon her by the hand of heaven," per "The Iliad" |
| 34% | EVERDEEN | 8 | Katniss ___, the lead character in "The Hunger Games" series, who is one of the most-loved fictional female characters |
| 34% | MADEA | 5 | Tyler Perry character who has appeared in 11 live-action films and one animated film |
| 34% | MRKRABS | 7 | Animated character who, in one episode, fills out a crossword with only the word money |
| 34% | USER | 4 | One who logs in |