| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| VERBS | Action words | |
| DEBATE | Contention in words or arguments; discussion for the purpose of elucidating truth or influencing action; strife in argument; controversy; as, the debates in Parliament or in Congress. | |
| TELEGRAPH | ...ans of words and signs, transmitted by electrical action. ... | |
| TENSE | ... or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indi... | |
| INTRANSITIVE | Not transitive; not passing over to an object; expressing an action or state that is limited to the agent or subject, or, in other words, an ac... | |
| ESTOPPEL | A stop; an obstruction or bar to one's alleging or denying a fact contrary to his own previous action, allegation, or denial; an admission, by ... | |