| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| SKILFUL | Adept | |
| ACE | Adept | |
| WITCH | Adept speller? | |
| ACROBATIC | Gymnastically adept | |
| MASTERING | Becoming adept in | |
| ADROIT | Skilful or adept | |
| MISERABLE | Scrooge adept but unhappy | |
| TAPED | Adept characters used VCR | |
| ARTISTIC | Adept at painting, perhaps | |
| ADEPTNESS | The quality of being adept; skill. | |
| FENCING MASTER | After handling stolen goods, become adept as swordplay teacher | |
| MASTERSTROKES | Brilliant tactics employed to become adept at freestyle and butterfly | |
| DABSTER | One who is skilled; a master of his business; a proficient; an adept. | |
| PROFICIENT | Well advanced in any branch of knowledge or skill; possessed of considerable acquirements; well-skilled; versed; adept, | |
| MASTER | To gain the command of, so as to understand or apply; to become an adept in; as, to master a science. | |
| CRITIC | One skilled in judging of the merits of literary or artistic works; a connoisseur; an adept; hence, one who examines literary or artistic works... | |