Hold tightly Crossword Clue

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Hold tightly Crossword Answer

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GRIP

(4 letters)

CLASP

(5 letters)

CLENCH

(6 letters)

CLING

(5 letters)

Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. hold firmly
2. get the meaning of something
(noun)
1. the limit of capability
2. an intellectual hold or understanding

Hint 2: Clue Definition

HOLD (verb)
1. be capable of holding or containing
2. be pertinent or relevant or applicable
HOLD (noun)
1. a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
2. time during which some action is awaited

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

GRIP
(4 letters)
CLASP
(5 letters)
CLENCH
(6 letters)
CLING
(5 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
SPRAG

More NYT Crossword (9/24/2026) Answers

Across

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7. Hanger-on

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14. Recital pieces

16. "Same here," more stiffly

17. Canapé topping

18. Traction enhancer

19. Ships, say

20. Cheerios grain

21. American architect who invented Scrabble while unemployed during the Great Depression

25. Like most manuscript submissions

26. Many a Scottish native

28. Circuit in which Martina Navratilova holds the most singles titles, in brief

33. Dish featured in Broadway's "Sweeney Todd"

36. Decline

37. Scrabble's name prior to its acquisition by James Brunot in 1948

41. Ford or Lincoln

42. Full of vivid detail, as memory

43. Supposed sign of a healthy pooch

45. Onesie fastener

47. Actress Rene of "Thor"

50. Watchdog's warning

53. Bonus score for a bingo (using all seven of one's tiles) in Scrabble

58. Actress Sandra or Ruby

59. Dr. Seuss' environmentalist

60. Open, as a toothpaste tube

61. Like Brahms's Symphony No. 3

62. Cognizant

63. Home to Oral Roberts University

64. Verizon competitor, informally

65. Power measures

66. Witnessed

67. The two most valuable Scrabble tiles

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Down

1. Weightless state, for short

2. Cheering wildly

3. Ones who have trouble finishing sentences?

4. Ring

5. Chin feature

6. Old and trite

7. Wavelength symbol

8. Genesis twin

9. Doctor

10. Belmont entry

11. Sound during a cat fight

13. Put on sale, perhaps

15. From one tone to the next adjacent tone, in music

22. Finds repugnant

24. Biblical figure with a notoriously bad hair day?

27. Gets ready to hit the ice

29. Like some garages

30. Crew need

31. Hamburger connection?

32. Some scale members

34. Vies for a roster spot

35. Group of Seals

37. Crow’s cry

38. Wish undone

39. Addams family cousin

40. Record held by the Spruce Goose for over 70 years, at 320 feet

44. Straight-horned antelopes

46. Spots for addresses

48. Kind of cavity

49. Frère de la mère

51. Forgot what you intended to say

52. Didn't fill in, as a field on an application

53. Design problem

54. Part of the Corn Belt

55. Row house?

56. Patisserie pastry

57. Stun, in a way

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