| CHINREST | Where a head touches a violin |
| INTHE | and 4: Where a head of steam may build up? (2,3,8) |
| FINISHER | A concluding drink or event; a craftsperson who perfects and applies the ultimate touches; a scorer; a racer who crosses the end line; a KO blow; or, a coup de grace (8) |
| YON | "'Who touches a hair of ___ gray head...'": Whittier |
| TAGSUP | Touches a base after a fly is caught |
| TANGENT | Mathematics: what do you call a line that touches a curve without intersecting it? (7) |
| SCARLATINA | Fever results when small boy touches a girl (10) |
| PIETA | Artist Mondrian touches a religious sculpture (5) |
| ABUTS | Touches a number of prepositions |
| LIP | Body part that touches a harmonica |
| TAPS | Touches a shoulder to get attention |
| KENYA | Understanding why speech touches a country (5) |
| MOUSTACHE | Maiden touches a drunk's facial hair (9) |
| MYELIN | Goodness gracious! Egyptian flower turns up with fatty material that touches a nerve (6) |
| BRICOLE | Billiards shot in which the cue ball touches a cushion after striking the object ball before touching another ball (7) |
| DROP | Just one ___ of rain can make circles when it touches a pond* |
| ASHOCK | What does one get when one touches a live electric wire (1,5) |
| SCRAPE | A very thin layer of butter on a piece of bread or toast; a tuneless stroke of a violin bow; a mass of earth dug up by a rabbit; or, an awkward or embarrassing predicament (6) |
| TABLE | "A __, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?": Albert Einstein |
| FIDDLE | Colloquial word for a violin, especially in reference to its use as a folk instrument; a violinist; a petty swindle; or, a manually tricky task (6) |
