| Clue | Length | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| hold the interest | 7 letters | take-up |
| hold the interest | 9 letters | preoccupy |
| hold the interest | 9 letters | spellbind |
| ||
Likely related crossword puzzle clues
- Take up one's thoughts
- Absorb exclusively
- Concern to get in first?
- Engross
- Engross the attention of
- Absorb
- absorb the attention
- Adopt-......
- Appropriate
- Arrest
- Arrogate
- Assume
- Beset
- Catch
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- Colonize
- come uppermost
- Compel
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- Drive-......
- Enchant
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- engage the attention
- engage the mind
- engage the thoughts
- engross the mind
- engross the thoughts
- enslave
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- Exercise
- Fascinate
- fill the mind
- Grab
- "...... grip!"
- Hog
- Hold
- Hold spellbound
- hold the interest
- Hypnotize
- Immerse
- Impel
- indent
- Infatuate
- Involve
- involve the interest
- jump a claim
- make free with
- Make use of
- Mesmerize
- Monopolize
- monopolize the thoughts
- not let go
- Obsess
- obsess the mind
- Occupy
- occupy the attention
- occupy the mind
- Overrun
- Possess
- preempt
- preengage
- prepossess
- Requisition
- seize the mind
- Sit on
- Spellbind
- squat on
- Subjugate
- take all of
- take it all
- Take over
- Take possession of
- Take up
- Usurp
- Entrance, as through orat
- Attract strongly
- Fascinate
- Indicate difficulty creating entrance
- "Entrance, as through oratory"
- Entrance secure after a while
- take turns to restrict entrance
- Hold enthralled
- Bewitch, captivate
- Witch
- Absorb
- absorb the attention
- Arrest
- becharm
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- cast a spell
- Catch
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- Charm
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- Enrapture
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- Grab
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- Hold
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- hold the interest
- Hypnotize
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- Preoccupy
- Shine
- Spell
- Take up
- Trance
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- Vamp
- Accept pet auk must be replaced
- Become interested in [a pursuit]
- Shorten a garment
- write up
- Work at
- Absorb
- absorb the attention
- Accept
- Accumulate
- Admit
- Adopt-......
- adsorb
- affiliate
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- aggroup
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- amortize
- Analyze
- Annex
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- Assemble
- Assimilate
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- Attack
- Attempt
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- be doing
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- blot up
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- buckle to
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- Bunch
- bunch together
- Bunch up
- Campaign (for)
- Canvass
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- Catch
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- chemisorb
- chemosorb
- Clear
- Clump
- Cluster
- Colligate
- collocate
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- Combine
- Come out
- Commence
- comment upon
- Compare
- Compile
- Complete
- Comprehend
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- Conduct
- Conglomerate
- Conquer
- Consider
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- Controvert
- Corral
- Count in
- Cover
- Criticize
- crusade for
- Cull
- cumulate
- Deal (with)
- Debate
- Deliberate
- deliberate upon
- Descant
- Dig up
- Digest
- Discharge
- Discourse
- discourse about
- Discuss
- Dissert
- dissertate
- Do
- drag up
- Draw together
- Draw up
- Dredge
- Dredge (up)
- Drink
- drink in
- Drink up!
- drive together
- Elevate
- embark in
- Embark (on)
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- Encircle
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- engage the attention
- engage the mind
- engage the thoughts
- Engross
- engross the mind
- engross the thoughts
- enslave
- Enter
- enter on
- enter upon
- Enthrall
- Envisage
- Espouse
- Examine
- exchange views
- Exercise
- Fall into ........
- Fall (to)
- Fascinate
- Fill
- Fill-in
- fill out
- fish up
- Follow
- Gather
- Gather in
- Gather together
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- Get at
- Get hold of
- Get in
- Get off
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- get under way
- Glean
- glom on to
- go about
- Go at
- Go in for
- Go (into)
- go upon
- Grab
- "...... grip!"
- Group
- Grub
- grub up
- Handle
- Haul up
- Have ...... at
- Hog
- Hoist
- Hold
- Hold spellbound
- hold the interest
- Honor
- Hypnotize
- Imbibe
- Immerse
- Include
- Incorporate
- indent
- Infiltrate
- Initiate
- Inquire into
- Investigate
- Involve
- involve the interest
- Join
- jump a claim
- Juxtapose
- Kick
- Knock around
- launch forth
- Launch into
- lay about
- Lay hands on
- Lift
- Liquidate
- Lump together
- make accounts square
- make free with
- Make up
- Make use of
- Mass
- Match
- Mesmerize
- Mobilize
- Monopolize
- move into
- Muster
- number among
- Obsess
- Occupy
- occupy the attention
- Osmose
- Overrun
- Pair
- Partner
- Pass
- pass under review
- Patronize
- pay in full
- pay off
- Pay the bill
- pay the shot
- Pay (up)
- percolate in
- Pick
- Pick up
- pitch into
- Pluck
- pluck up
- Plunge (into)
- Practice
- preempt
- Preoccupy
- prepossess
- proceed to
- Prosecute
- Put together
- Raise
- rake up
- Rally
- Rap
- Ratify
- Rear
- Reason
- reason about
- reason the point
- Receive
- reckon among
- reckon in
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- Redeem
- Remark upon
- Requisition
- Retire
- **** review
- Round up
- Satisfy
- scare up
- Scrape together
- scrape up
- seep in
- Set about
- set at
- set forward
- Set going
- Set-to
- Settle
- Sift
- Sit on
- Slurp up
- Soak in
- Soak up
- Sorb
- specialize in
- Spellbind
- Sponge
- Sponsor
- Square
- Square accounts
- squat on
- strike a balance
- Study
- Subjugate
- Survey
- swill up
- Tackle
- take all of
- Take in
- Take into account
- take into consideration
- take it all
- Take on
- Take over
- Take possession
- Take possession of
- Take to ...
- Talk
- Talk about
- talk of
- Talk over?
- thresh out
- Touch upon
- Treat
- treat of
- Turn (to)
- Undertake
- Uphold
- Uplift
- upraise
- uprear
- Use
- Usurp
- Ventilate
- venture upon
- Wage ......
- whip in
- pursue
- collect