| Infection variety | 17 |
| Infection type | 14 |
| Hospital bug | 12 |
| Health menace, briefly | 22 |
| Dangerous bacteria (abbr.) | 26 |
| Bacterial infection | 19 |
| Bacterial genus briefly | 24 |
| A bacterium, for short | 22 |
| ___ infection | 13 |
| Â Â Hospital danger | 25 |
| Paper clip alternative | 22 |
| Paper-clip alternative | 22 |
| Flour or sugar | 14 |
| Clip alternative | 16 |
| Bread or milk | 13 |
| Binder | 6 |
| Wheat or cotton | 15 |
| Use a Swingline | 15 |
| Sugar or flour, e.g. | 20 |
| Sugar or flour | 14 |
| Salt or sugar | 13 |
| Pantry or office item? | 22 |
| Important commodity | 19 |
| Food basic | 10 |
| Fastener in the corner | 22 |
| Fasten together, as papers | 26 |
| Bread, milk or eggs | 19 |
| Basic food item | 15 |
| Basic commodity | 15 |
| Alternative to a paper clip | 27 |
| Wire fastener | 13 |
| Swingline item | 14 |
| Swingline fastener | 18 |
| Salt or flour, e.g. | 19 |
| Rock mainstay | 13 |
| Rice, in China | 14 |
| Rice, for many | 14 |
| Rice, for instance | 18 |
| Principal raw material | 22 |
| Principal commodity | 19 |
| Playboy centerfold feature until 1985 | 37 |
| Paper clip's relative | 25 |
| Office worker's fastener | 28 |
| Necessary food | 14 |
| It can hold a composition together | 34 |
| Gun projectile, perhaps | 23 |
| General store item | 18 |
| Flour, sugar or salt, e.g. | 26 |
| Fastener for sheets | 19 |
| Fasten sheets | 13 |
| Essential commodity | 19 |
| Document holder? | 16 |
| Corner item | 11 |
| Chase scenes, in action films | 29 |
| Certain gun projectile | 22 |
| Centerfold sight | 16 |
| Bread, for one | 14 |
| Bread or rice, e.g. | 19 |
| Bread or rice | 13 |
| Bread or milk, e.g. | 19 |
| Bread or butter | 15 |
| Bread is one | 12 |
| Basic item | 10 |
| Basic ingredient | 16 |
| Basic foodstuff | 15 |
| Basic food | 10 |
| Ammunition for a certain gun | 28 |
| A word having five anagrams | 27 |
| Used a Swingline | 16 |
| Fastened, as sheets of paper | 28 |
| Fastened together, as papers | 28 |
| Fastened metallically | 21 |
| Combined, in a way | 18 |
| Attached, as paper | 18 |
| Affixed with metal, in a way | 28 |
| Upholstering tool | 17 |
| Upholsterer's tool | 22 |
| Handy toolbox item | 18 |
| Fastening tool | 14 |
| Business office item | 20 |
| Swingline product | 17 |
| Paper binder | 12 |
| One working in a corner in an office? | 37 |
| One punched in an office | 24 |
| Need after collation | 20 |
| Joiner in the office | 20 |
| Device put in Jell-O in an office prank | 39 |
| Device on a desk | 16 |
| Desktop gadget | 14 |
| Desktop device | 14 |
| Desk gadget | 11 |
| Desk appliance | 14 |
| Desktop tools | 13 |
| Paper clip alternatives | 23 |
| Rice and beans, for instance | 28 |
| Office Depot rival | 18 |
| Common commodities | 18 |
| Basic commodities | 17 |
| "That was easy" store | 31 |
| They may be loaded into a gun | 29 |