| Didn't give way |
USA Today |
17 Feb 2026 |
| Clasped |
Commuter |
14 Feb 2026 |
| Occupied |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Feb 2026 |
| Maintained |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Dec 2025 |
| Contained |
New York Times |
23 Nov 2025 |
| Clasped |
Commuter |
25 Oct 2025 |
| In brothel dad's confined (4) |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Oct 2025 |
| Grasped (4) |
Mirror Quick |
10 Oct 2025 |
| Husband led away and contained (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
10 Oct 2025 |
| Maintained |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Oct 2025 |
| Maintained |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Sep 2025 |
| Cradled |
USA Today |
09 Aug 2025 |
| In brothel dad's detained |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Jul 2025 |
| Gripped |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Jul 2025 |
| Bore left in thread periodically |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
18 Jul 2025 |
| Grasped |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Jul 2025 |
| Contained |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jun 2025 |
| Didn't give way |
New York Times |
02 May 2025 |
| Grasped or clasped |
|
|
| Maintained |
LA Times Daily |
24 Apr 2025 |
| ___ on to (gripped) |
|
|
| Gripped, clasped |
|
|
| Grabbed and occupied (4) |
|
|
| Grasped |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Mar 2025 |
| Didn't let go of |
Commuter |
07 Mar 2025 |
| Clung onto |
USA Today |
04 Mar 2025 |
| Hosted |
Newsday |
14 Feb 2025 |
| Have in one's possession (4) |
|
|
| Detained, he'd get out of jail in the end (4) |
|
|
| Didn't give |
LA Times Daily |
29 Dec 2024 |
| Detained, in custody |
|
|
| Had in one's grip |
|
|
| Gripped |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
12 Dec 2024 |
| Didn't break |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Nov 2024 |
| Maintained he had left in (4) |
|
|
| Grasped |
LA Times Daily |
29 Oct 2024 |
| Grasped |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Oct 2024 |
| Waited for the next available customer service representative, say |
|
|
| Clutched |
Commuter |
16 Oct 2024 |
| Clutched |
Premier Sunday |
13 Oct 2024 |
| Post three ways delayed, to begin with (4) |
|
|
| Clutched |
LA Times Daily |
08 Sep 2024 |
| Grasped |
|
|
| Waited for a customer service representative, say |
New York Times |
17 Jul 2024 |
| Clasped |
Commuter |
16 Jul 2024 |
| Maintained |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Jul 2024 |
| Clasped |
Commuter |
12 Jul 2024 |
| "She ___ on for dear life" (gripped tightly) |
|
|
| Gripped |
LA Times Daily |
24 Jun 2024 |
| Clasped |
Commuter |
21 Jun 2024 |
| ___ hands (showed affection, in a way) |
|
|
| Grasped |
The Telegraph Mini |
03 Jun 2024 |
| Maintained |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 May 2024 |
| Grasped firmly |
|
|
| Had in your hand |
Newsday |
13 May 2024 |
| Grasped |
USA Today |
29 Mar 2024 |
| Maintained |
LA Times Mini |
12 Mar 2024 |
| Claimed the old didn't have to (4) |
|
|
| Kept back from use |
|
|
| Retained |
Commuter |
10 Jan 2024 |
| Occupied |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Dec 2023 |
| Had in your hand |
Newsday |
27 Nov 2023 |
| Maintained |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Oct 2023 |
| ___ on to (gripped tightly) |
|
|
| Grasped |
LA Times Daily |
06 Sep 2023 |
| "She ___ on for dear life" (gripped tightly) |
|
|
| Put on, as an event |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Jun 2023 |
| In custody |
New York Times |
17 Jun 2023 |
| Contained |
Newsday |
04 Jun 2023 |
| Spooned, maybe |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jun 2023 |
| Occupied |
New York Times |
09 Apr 2023 |
| Maintained |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Mar 2023 |
| Grasped |
LA Times Daily |
19 Feb 2023 |
| Gripped |
LA Times Daily |
21 Dec 2022 |
| Maintained |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Dec 2022 |
| Cradled, perhaps |
Universal |
12 Dec 2022 |
| Pinned |
Canadiana |
05 Dec 2022 |
| Didn't release |
LA Times Daily |
20 Oct 2022 |
| Maintained |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Oct 2022 |
| See 6 |
The Guardian Cryptic |
11 Oct 2022 |
| Didn't let go of |
Universal |
08 Oct 2022 |
| Grasped |
LA Times Daily |
17 Sep 2022 |
| Didn't give up |
Newsday |
10 Sep 2022 |
| Maintained |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Sep 2022 |
| Had in one's hands, say |
|
|
| Conducted, as a meeting |
Newsday |
06 Jul 2022 |
| Kept in reserve |
Universal |
05 Jul 2022 |
| Gripped |
The Guardian Quick |
27 Jun 2022 |
| Grasped; kept |
The Times Concise |
15 Jun 2022 |
| Gripped |
Universal |
06 Jun 2022 |
| Conducted, as a meeting |
The Washington Post |
22 Feb 2022 |
| Conducted, as a meeting |
LA Times Daily |
22 Feb 2022 |
| Clutched |
USA Today |
08 Feb 2022 |
| Had in one’s hands |
New York Times |
23 Nov 2021 |
| Clutched |
USA Today |
12 Nov 2021 |
| Grasped |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Oct 2021 |
| Had in one's grasp |
The Washington Post Sunday |
19 Sep 2021 |
| ___ on to (gripped) |
|
|
| Grasped |
Universal |
06 Apr 2021 |
| Repressed, with 'in' |
The Washington Post |
30 Mar 2021 |
| Repressed, with "in" |
LA Times Daily |
30 Mar 2021 |
| Kept in custody |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Mar 2021 |
| Clung onto |
Universal |
28 Feb 2021 |
| Kept a grip on |
New York Times |
24 Feb 2021 |
| Clutched |
USA Today |
24 Jan 2021 |
| Clutched |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Jan 2021 |
| Maintained |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Jan 2021 |
| Grasped; retained |
The Times Concise |
24 Dec 2020 |
| Clutched |
Universal |
07 Dec 2020 |
| Grasped |
|
|
| ___ hands (showed affection) |
Universal |
30 Oct 2020 |
| Retained ... or detained |
New York Times |
24 Sep 2020 |
| Possessed |
The Washington Post Sunday |
06 Sep 2020 |
| Grasped |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Jul 2020 |
| Conducted, as a meeting |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jun 2020 |
| Conducted, as a meeting |
The Washington Post |
10 Jun 2020 |
| Occupied |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Jun 2020 |
| Detained |
New York Times |
05 May 2020 |
| Detained |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Apr 2020 |
| Had in your hand |
Newsday |
11 Mar 2020 |
| Believed |
LA Times Daily |
05 Mar 2020 |
| Believed |
The Washington Post |
05 Mar 2020 |
| Maintained |
The Washington Post |
22 Feb 2020 |
| Maintained |
LA Times Daily |
22 Feb 2020 |
| Grasped |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Feb 2020 |
| Clasped or grasped |
The Washington Post Sunday |
19 Jan 2020 |
| Kept in custody |
|
|
| Kept |
The Washington Post |
13 Dec 2019 |
| Kept |
LA Times Daily |
13 Dec 2019 |
| Kept in quarantine containing head cold |
Irish Times Crosaire |
02 Dec 2019 |
| Kept for questioning |
USA Today |
09 Nov 2019 |
| Borders of hostile land occupied |
|
|
| Wine from New Delhi kept under lock and key |
Irish Times Crosaire |
06 Sep 2019 |
| Didn't let out, as one's breath |
The Washington Post |
25 Aug 2019 |
| Didn't let out, as one's breath |
LA Times Daily |
25 Aug 2019 |
| Not free to go |
New York Times |
26 Jul 2019 |
| Possessed in one's hands |
Family Time |
15 Jul 2019 |
| In custody |
Wall Street Journal |
30 May 2019 |
| Kept in confinement |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Mar 2019 |
| In custody |
|
|
| Not free to go |
|
|
| Didn't let out, as one's breath |
|
|
| Kept in confinement |
|
|
| Grasped with one's hand |
|
|
| __ up: robbed |
LA Times Daily |
09 Oct 2018 |
| __ up: robbed |
The Washington Post |
09 Oct 2018 |
| Embraced or grasped |
|
|
| Grasped |
|
|
| Didn't buckle |
USA Today |
17 Aug 2018 |
| Had in hand |
Universal |
01 Jun 2018 |
| Had in your hands |
Newsday |
22 May 2018 |
| Didn't collapse |
The New Yorker |
21 May 2018 |
| "She ___ onto his arm." (gripped) |
|
|
| Embraced |
Premier Sunday |
08 Apr 2018 |
| Clutched |
New York Times |
02 Apr 2018 |
| Had in one's hands |
Family Time |
25 Feb 2018 |
| Didn't give way |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Feb 2018 |
| Owned |
The Washington Post |
07 Feb 2018 |
| Owned |
LA Times Daily |
07 Feb 2018 |
| Grasped |
Newsday |
25 Jan 2018 |
| Grasped with one's hand |
|
|
| Didn't give way |
USA Today |
09 Jan 2018 |
| Owned |
|
|
| __ up: robbed |
|
|
| Didn't give way |
|
|
| Didn't buckle |
|
|
| Clutched |
|
|
| Had in hand |
|
|
| Harbored |
The Washington Post Sunday |
31 Dec 2017 |
| Kept in confinement |
USA Today |
27 Nov 2017 |
| Grasped in one's hand |
Newsday |
09 Oct 2017 |
| Detained three lads on a regular basis |
|
|
| Maintained |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Jun 2017 |
| Maintained, as an opinion |
Universal |
14 May 2017 |
| Didn't give way |
New York Times |
30 Apr 2017 |
| Stood fast |
New York Times |
22 Apr 2017 |
| Kept in custody |
USA Today |
28 Feb 2017 |
| Restrained |
Canadiana |
27 Feb 2017 |
| Gripped |
Newsday |
05 Feb 2017 |
| Kept back |
USA Today |
17 Jan 2017 |
| Kept heads of household out on the margins |
Irish Times Crosaire |
13 Jan 2017 |
| Maintained, as an opinion |
|
|
| Kept in custody |
|
|
| Kept back |
|
|
| Kept in confinement |
|
|
| Didn't give way |
|
|
| Stood fast |
|
|
| Clasped |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Dec 2016 |
| Cradled |
New York Times |
25 Oct 2016 |
| Embraced |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Oct 2016 |
| Didn't collapse |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
30 Sep 2016 |
| Had in one's hand |
Newsday |
28 Jun 2016 |
| Cradled |
|
|
| Didn't collapse |
|
|
| Had in hand |
New York Times |
22 Dec 2015 |
| Didn't collapse |
Newsday |
17 Dec 2015 |
| Cradled |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Nov 2015 |
| Had in one's hands |
Newsday |
17 Nov 2015 |
| In custody |
Universal |
14 Jul 2015 |
| Didn't draw a card |
USA Today |
19 Apr 2015 |
| Didn't draw a card |
Universal |
13 Apr 2015 |
| Kept |
Newsday |
15 Feb 2015 |
| Hosted |
Newsday |
13 Feb 2015 |
| Handled |
USA Today |
11 Feb 2015 |
| Had in one's portfolio |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jan 2015 |
| Had in one's portfolio |
|
|
| Handled |
|
|
| Didn't draw a card |
|
|
| Ruled |
|
|
| Put aside |
|
|
| Detained |
|
|
| Had in hand |
|
|
| Didn't collapse |
|
|
| Grasped |
|
|
| Had in one's hands |
|
|
| Hosted |
|
|
| Kept |
|
|
| Kept in custody |
|
|
| In custody |
|
|
| Grasped |
|
|
| Didn't buckle |
|
|
| Didn't draw a card |
|
|
| What couple did w/hands during ballad |
|
|
| In custody |
|
|
| Maintained |
|
|
| Clutched |
|
|
| Didn't buckle |
|
|
| Clutched |
|
|
| Maintained |
|
|
| Didn't give way |
|
|
| Detained |
|
|
| Clasped |
|
|
| Grasping Natalie Grant song? |
|
|
| Didn't come unglued |
|
|
| Kept |
|
|
| Seized |
|
|
| Idlewild "You ___ the World in Your Arms" |
|
|
| Maintained |
|
|
| In one's arms |
|
|
| Cradled |
|
|
| Kept |
|
|
| Detained at the precinct |
|
|
| Gripped |
|
|
| Detained at the precinct |
|
|
| Caused a penalty in football |
|
|
| Contained |
|
|
| Decided in court |
|
|
| Maintained, as an opinion |
|
|
| Hugged |
|
|
| Decided in court |
|
|
| Retained |
|
|
| Had possession of |
|
|
| Smog song that grasped? |
|
|
| What Beatles did to "Your Hand" |
|
|
| Didn't become unglued |
|
|
| Had in one's hands |
|
|
| In reserve |
|
|
| Possessed in one's hands |
|
|
| Linkin Park: "Hands ___ High" |
|
|
| *Grasped |
|
|
| Detained at the precinct |
|
|
| Detained at the precinct |
|
|
| Had in one's hands |
|
|
| Didn't give way |
|
|
| Possessed |
|
|
| Had in one's hands |
|
|
| Committed an NFL penalty |
|
|
| Kept |
|
|
| Didn't give away |
|
|
| Grasped |
|
|
| Kept in jail |
|
|
| In custody |
|
|
| Kept in custody |
|
|
| Caused a penalty in football |
|
|
| Defended against a siege |
|
|
| Presided over, as a meeting |
|
|
| Grasped in one's hand |
|
|
| Stood up |
|
|
| Stood firm |
|
|
| Didn't collapse |
|
|
| Believed |
|
|
| Kept in custody |
|
|
| Gripped |
|
|
| Detained |
|
|
| Committed a blocking infraction |
|
|
| In custody |
|
|
| Contained |
|
|
| Believed |
|
|
| Not allowed to go |
|
|
| Believed |
|
|
| Contained |
|
|
| Maintained |
|
|
| Was of the opinion |
|
|
| Believed |
|
|
| Possessed |
|
|
| Possessed |
|
|
| Committed a gridiron no-no |
|
|
| Maintained, as an opinion |
|
|
| Maintained |
|
|
| Decided not to sell |
|
|
| Didn't break |
|
|
| Kept fast |
|
|
| Gripped |
|
|
| Embraced |
|
|
| Decided not to sell |
|
|
| Withstood |
|
|
| Maintained |
|
|
| Clutched |
|
|
| Decided, as a jury |
|
|
| Stood firm |
|
|
| Embraced |
|
|
| Decided, as a jury |
|
|
| Gripped |
|
|
| Contained |
|
|
| Detained |
|
|
| Had in hand |
|
|
| Believed |
|
|
| Believed |
|
|
| Grasped |
|
|
| Owned |
|
|
| Kept in jail |
|
|
| Retained |
|
|
| Hung on to |
|
|
| Grasped |
|
|
| Detained |
|
|
| Detained |
|
|
| Clutched |
|
|
| Ziegfeld's Anna |
|
|
| Possessed |
|
|
| Grabbed onto |
|
|
| Under arrest |
|
|
| Detained |
|
|
| Retained |
|
|
| Under arrest |
|
|
| Had in one's hands |
|
|
| Stood firm |
|
|
| Grasped |
|
|
| Grasped |
|
|
| Conducted, as a meeting |
|
|
| Didn't collapse |
|
|
| Was of the opinion |
|
|
| Had possession of |
|
|
| Followed a broker's advice, perhaps |
|
|
| Kept, as a job |
|
|
| Kept for a while |
|
|
| Harbored |
|
|
| Kept back |
|
|
| Clasped or grasped |
|
|
| Kept in custody |
|
|
| Had in one's hands |
|
|
| Committed a football infraction |
|
|
| Kept in confinement |
|
|
| Did a babysitter's job, perhaps |
|
|
| Committed a gridiron infraction |
|
|
| Committed a grid infraction |
|
|
| Defended against siege |
|
|
| Didn't buckle |
|
|
| Maintained |
|
|
| Presided over |
|
|
| Caused a football penalty |
|
|
| Owned |
|
|
| Ziegfeld's first wife |
|
|
| Clutched |
|
|
| Embraced |
|
|
| Clutched |
|
|
| Remained fast |
|
|
| Fouled sportswise |
|
|
| Detained |
|
|
| Grabbed onto |
|
|
| In custody |
|
|
| Averred |
|
|
| Embraced |
|
|
| Was unyielding |
|
|
| Anna ___, memorable singer-actress |
|
|
| Actress Anna: 1873-1918 |
|
|
| Anna ___, first wife of Ziegfeld |
|
|
| ___ up (detained) |
|
|
| Ziegfeld's first wife |
|
|
| U.S. portrayer of flappers |
|
|
| Ziegfeld star |
|
|
| ___ forth (lectured) |
|
|
| Artist who depicted flappers |
|
|
| Kept |
|
|
| Kept position under attack |
|
|
| Clasped |
|
|
| Remained valid |
|
|
| Actress Anna |
|
|
| Anna of stage |
|
|
| Arrested |
|
|
| Retained. |
|
|
| Had possession of. |
|
|
| Maintained. |
|
|
| Contained. |
|
|
| Grasped. |
|
|
| Supported. |
|
|
| Cartoonist of the 1920's. |
|
|
| Sustained. |
|
|
| Detained. |
|
|
| Remained steadfast. |
|
|
| Occupied. |
|
|
| Kept fast. |
|
|
| Cartoonist of the Twenties. |
|
|
| Kept. |
|
|
| Harbored. |
|
|
| Jazz Age cartoonist. |
|
|
| Flapper era cartoonist. |
|
|
| John ___, cartoonist of the Jazz Age. |
|
|
| Wouldn't let go |
|
|
| Didn't fall |
|
|
| Anna ___ Ziegfeld. |
|
|
| Didn't budge |
|
|
| Harbored |
|
|