| Applies ointment | 16 |
| Applies oneself | 15 |
| Applies patches | 15 |
| Applies patches, e.g. | 21 |
| Applies percentages to | 22 |
| Applies plasterboard | 20 |
| Applies polish to? | 18 |
| Applies powder | 14 |
| Applies pressure to | 19 |
| Applies pressure, in a way | 26 |
| Applies quickly | 15 |
| Applies rickrack to | 19 |
| Applies seasoning, in a way | 27 |
| Applies sloppily | 16 |
| Applies the belt | 16 |
| Applies the brake | 17 |
| Applies the brakes | 18 |
| Applies the hickory stick | 25 |
| Applies the third degree | 24 |
| Applies thickly | 15 |
| Applies TLC | 11 |
| Applies to, as a cleaner | 24 |
| Applies to, as an ointment | 26 |
| Applies to, as tactics | 22 |
| Applies wallpaper | 17 |
| Applies with a cotton swab, e.g. | 32 |
| Applies with a needle and thread | 32 |
| Applies with a Q-Tip | 20 |
| Applies with a Q-Tip, say | 25 |
| Applies with cotton balls | 25 |
| Applies wood preservative | 25 |
| Applies wrongly | 15 |
| Applies, as a coat of wax | 25 |
| Applies, as a decal | 19 |
| Applies, as effort | 18 |
| Applies, as finger paint | 24 |
| Applies, as influence | 21 |
| Applies, as paint | 17 |
| Applies, as pressure | 20 |
| Applies, in a way | 17 |
| Applies, like ointment | 22 |
| Applies, with "on" | 28 |
| Appliqué with needle and thread | 34 |
| Appliquéd | 12 |
| Appliques | 9 |
| Apply | 5 |
| Apply as force | 15 |
| Apply (for) | 11 |
| Apply (to) | 10 |
| Apply a bandage to | 18 |
| Apply a branding iron | 21 |
| Apply a Camel? | 14 |
| Apply a cold compress to once more | 34 |
| Apply a curve to, perhaps | 25 |
| Apply a dark stain | 18 |
| Apply a mordant | 15 |
| Apply a powder | 14 |
| Apply a wall coating in either of two opposite shades? [1966/1991] | 66 |
| Apply acid artistically | 23 |
| Apply amateurishly | 18 |
| Apply an opulent coat | 21 |
| Apply anew | 10 |
| Apply another layer of asphalt to | 33 |
| Apply antifreeze | 16 |
| Apply appliqué | 17 |
| Apply artlessly | 15 |
| Apply asphalt | 13 |
| Apply balm | 10 |
| Apply before cooking, as spice to meat | 38 |
| Apply before feathers | 21 |
| Apply blacktop | 14 |
| Apply blacktop to | 17 |
| Apply blush to, perhaps | 23 |
| Apply brakes to | 15 |
| Apply bread to gravy | 20 |
| Apply Brylcreem, e.g. | 21 |
| Apply by massaging | 18 |
| Apply by repeated small touches | 31 |
| Apply carelessly | 16 |
| Apply carelessly, as paint | 26 |
| Apply chrism | 12 |
| Apply chrism to | 15 |
| Apply chrism, old style | 23 |
| Apply cold cream | 16 |
| Apply concealer, for example | 28 |
| Apply corporal punishment | 25 |
| Apply cosmetics to wild animals? | 32 |
| Apply crudely | 13 |
| Apply crudely, as paint | 23 |
| Apply daintily | 14 |
| Apply DDT | 9 |
| Apply deodorant, maybe | 22 |
| Apply during a massage | 22 |
| Apply elbow grease | 18 |
| Apply energy | 12 |
| Apply face cream | 16 |
| Apply fake fingernails | 22 |
| Apply footnotes | 15 |
| Apply for benefits | 18 |
| Apply for __: try to borrow money | 33 |