| Text | Length |
| Hold in one's hand | 22 |
| Understand fully | 16 |
| Seize upon | 10 |
| Latch on to | 11 |
| Get a grip | 10 |
| Firm understanding | 18 |
| Wrap your mind around | 21 |
| Wrap one's brain around | 27 |
| What one's reach should exceed | 34 |
| Understanding of | 16 |
| Understand at last | 18 |
| Solid understanding | 19 |
| Sevendust song about a clutch? | 30 |
| Get, as a concept | 17 |
| Get the meaning | 15 |
| Get the gist | 12 |
| Full understanding | 18 |
| Clutch or clutches | 18 |
| Clutch firmly | 13 |
| "A man's reach should exceed his ___": Browning | 61 |
| Gets the picture | 16 |
| Gets ahold of | 13 |
| Gets a grip on | 14 |
| Fully understands | 17 |
| Makes a play for | 16 |
| Goes for, as straws? | 20 |
| Desperately tries to get | 24 |
| Lawn material | 13 |
| Lawn makeup | 11 |
| Wimbledon surface | 17 |
| Pastureland | 11 |
| Lawn | 4 |
| Whitman's "Leaves of ___" | 39 |
| Tennis surface | 14 |
| Lawn growth | 11 |
| Certain skirt material | 22 |
| Bamboo, e.g. | 12 |
| Wimbledon court surface | 23 |
| Snake's place? | 18 |
| Hula skirt material | 19 |
| Fescue, for one | 15 |
| Blades cut by blades | 20 |
| Astroturf alternative | 21 |
| Some clippings | 14 |
| Rye, for one | 12 |
| Not Astroturf | 13 |
| Material for some skirts | 24 |
| Manet's "Luncheon on the ___" | 43 |
| Lawn cover | 10 |
| Hula-skirt material | 19 |
| Hippie's drug | 17 |
| Hawaiian skirt material | 23 |
| Hard-to-remove stain | 20 |
| Zoysia is one | 13 |
| Yankee Stadium surface | 22 |
| Word with widow or skirt | 24 |
| What Astroturf replaces | 23 |
| Veld covering | 13 |
| Title figure in an Aesop fable | 30 |
| Steppenwolf "Don't Step On the ___, Sam" | 54 |
| Smoking material of today | 25 |
| Quitch, e.g. | 12 |
| Pothead's purchase | 22 |
| Mary Jane alter ego? | 20 |
| Manet's "Luncheon on the ---" | 43 |
| Llano growth | 12 |
| Lawn matter | 11 |
| Lawn greenery | 13 |
| Lawn essential | 14 |
| Kind of widow | 13 |
| Joint contents | 14 |
| Hula-skirt base | 15 |
| Herbage | 7 |
| Grazing matter | 14 |
| Foxtail or dogfoot | 18 |
| Fescue, e.g. | 12 |
| Fescue or rye | 13 |
| Fescue | 6 |
| Fairway cover | 13 |
| Cow food | 8 |
| Common stain | 12 |
| Common knee stain for kids | 26 |
| Cereals, e.g. | 13 |
| Central Park feature | 20 |
| Bluejoint, e.g. | 15 |
| Blue Kentucky product | 21 |
| Blades that are cut by blades | 29 |
| Blades for cutting, often | 25 |
| Bamboo, for one | 15 |
| Alternative to ass or gas | 25 |
| "The ___ Harp" (1995 Piper Laurie/Sissy Spacek movie) | 63 |
| "Splendor in the ___" | 31 |
| "Leaves of ___" | 25 |
| Singing insect | 14 |
| Minty cocktail | 14 |
| Insect guide sight | 18 |
| Green drink | 11 |
| Entomologist's cocktail? | 28 |
| Aesop's loafer | 18 |
| Unarmed scouting plane | 22 |
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