| SEVERAL | A handful |
| FEW | A handful |
| NOTMANY | A handful |
| HIGHMAINTENANCE | A handful |
| SOME | A handful |
| WISP | A handful of hay or straw; a small broom; a twisted bunch used as a torch; a strand of hair; a streak of smoke; or, one of slight or delicate stature (4) |
| BUNCH | Informal word for a group of people/friends; a handful of flowers; or, a cluster of grapes (5) |
| OBOL | From "iron rod, nail", an ancient Greek silver coin originally in the form of a metal spit, of which six or a handful made a drachma (4) |
| PROBLEM | It's a difficult question if such a child is a handful! (7) |
| OVERLAP | Bit of a coincidence proving a handful during parole, drunk (7) |
| WAUGH | Author whose novel A Handful of Dust was adapted into a film starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Rupert G |
| ADVANCE | Promote a social event, getting a handful of classicists in? |
| CONFETTI | Festive bits a partygoer needs just a handful of to make it rain |
| BEANS | If you cracked open maracas, you might find dried peas or ___ inside (Craft-y suggestion: If you want to make a pair at home, put a handful of them in plastic water bottles and get shaking) |
| FEUDAL | What one calls a system where only a handful reportedly ploughed land, knight being absent (6) |
| BEERNUT | One of a handful at a bar |
| AFEW | A wife, when holding iron, is a handful (1,3) |
| GRAB | What kids scramble to do to the candy that falls out of a pinata (or to pick up a handful of movie theater popcorn) |
| ALFONSONIETO | Son of a multiple World Champion who won a handful of 250cc races and still works in the Motogp paddock. (7,5) |
| AIRCRAFTCARRIER | Military weapon developed during World War I and, a century later, possessed by only a handful of countries (8,7) |
