| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| ASSUMING | Adopting | |
| ESPOUSING | Adopting (policy) | |
| AVENGES | Retaliates, adopting craven gestures | |
| MARTIANS | Martin’s adopting a couple of aliens | |
| SENSUALISTIC | Adopting or teaching the doctrines of sensualism. | |
| ASSUMPTION | The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting. | |
| MONETIZATION | The act or process of converting into money, or of adopting as money; as, the monetization of silver. | |
| ADOPTION | The act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own child. | |
| DEVICE | ...ion, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance. ... | |