| 100% | CLIP | 4 | Paper ___, tool to hold papers together or a makeshift bookmark |
| 47% | BALL | 4 | Tennis ___, sporting equipment or a makeshift tool to stabilize a walker |
| 42% | STAPLER | 7 | Office, home tool to clip papers together |
| 41% | LAP | 3 | Place to hold a cat or a toddler |
| 41% | DUCTTAPED | 9 | Held together in a makeshift way |
| 41% | STEM | 4 | Where to hold a flower or a wine glass |
| 39% | SAUCER | 6 | Small dish to hold a cup or mug |
| 38% | ROB | 3 | To hold up a bank, or steal something |
| 37% | SHAPEUP | 7 | "Get it together!" ... or a hint to the highlighted letters |
| 37% | OAR | 3 | Tool to propel a boat with no motor or sails |
| 36% | BUCKLE | 6 | This metallic piece helps to hold a belt together |
| 36% | SCREW | 5 | Word with "driver" to mean a tool or a cocktail |
| 35% | DELAYED | 7 | Held up, pushed back to a later time or date |
| 35% | MASS | 4 | Join or gather together to form a whole |
| 35% | COOPERATE | 9 | Work together to solve a problem or puzzle |
| 35% | RECYCLE | 7 | Put glass or paper to a new use |
| 34% | ANCHOR | 6 | Object used to stop, slow or hold a ship in place |
| 34% | OAR | 3 | Tool used to move a boat with no motor or sails |
| 34% | AXE | 3 | Tool used by firefighters to cut through a door or roof |
| 34% | OARS | 4 | Tools used to propel a canoe or boat forward by hand |
| 34% | POCKET | 6 | I'm a small patch in your jeans to hold a wallet or candy wrappers. Who am I? |
| 34% | ELMERSGLUE | 10 | What a kid might use to hold 17-, 24-, 35- and 47-Across together |
| 33% | MEMORIAL | 8 | Service held to remind people of a person or event |
| 33% | BREAKSCHARACTER | 15 | Can't hold back laughter while performing, say ... or a hint to the circled letters |
| 33% | RIDINGCROP | 10 | Jockey's tool, or a description of what's been done to the starred answers |
| 33% | CLOTHESPIN | 10 | Tool to hold the line |
| 32% | COMB | 4 | Hair implement that can be covered with a sheet of tissue paper to create a makeshift kazoo |
| 32% | FLOCK | 5 | Pulverized wool or felt applied to paper to produce a texture or pattern |
| 32% | ENDS | 4 | Parts of a strip of paper joined together to make a Möbius strip |
| 32% | BINDERCLIP | 10 | *Device for holding papers together |