Maintain one's grip(4 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Maintain one's grip”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 1st October 2025.
The answer is
H
O
L
D
Other clues that solve to HOLD
The same answer often re-appears with different clues over the years. Tap a clue to open its answer page, or the date to jump straight to that day's puzzle.
- #36 across Grasp (4) 14th April 2026
- #29 across Don't let go in the storage compartment (4) 6th March 2026
- #29 across Claim to have in one's possession (4) 17th October 2025
- #33 down Maintain one's grip (4) 1st October 2025
- #22 across Clasp (4) 27th November 2024
- #30 down Part of the ship said to be holed (4) 28th October 2024
- #3 down Keep below decks (4) 20th August 2024
- #5 down Grasp (4) 7th May 2024
- #24 across Keep fast, grasp (4) 24th January 2024
- #22 across Scene of gripping action aboard ship? (4) 2nd May 2022
- #36 across Grasp (4) 19th January 2022
- #24 down Keep having bits of holidays (4) 3rd November 2021
- #29 across Don't let go in the storage compartment (4) 26th February 2021
- #36 across Grasp (4) 29th October 2020
- #29 across Claim to have in one's possession (4) 9th October 2020
- #24 down Keep making a hotel out of date (4) 8th April 2020
- #33 down Maintain one’s grip (4) 19th March 2020
- #22 across Clasp (4) 20th August 2018
- #30 down Part of the ship said to be holed (4) 1st August 2018
- #3 down Keep below decks (4) 30th May 2018
- #5 down Grasp (4) 22nd February 2018
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 1st October 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 down Polish workers, sturdy and straight! (5)
- #2 down Ran into a bit of trouble on the tube (5)
- #3 down Name the chap to get past (4)
- #4 across Means trouble, though the damage is slight (6)
- #4 down To thieve, we hear, is something hard (5)
- #5 down Can they break softly out of traps? (4)
- #6 down Shot up to the top before Ted (6)
- #7 across What no winner is out for (3,5)
- #8 across Property in eye-opening condition (6)
- #9 down Dishes a chap in the SAS (6)
- #10 across A first attempt at fighting outside the ring (5)