| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| MILITIA | Armed force | |
| HEAD | Power; armed force. | |
| INVESTMENT | The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded. | |
| DRAGONNADE | The severe persecution of French Protestants under Louis XIV., by an armed force, usually of dragoons; hence, a rapid and devastating incursion; dragoonade. | |
| WAR | ... one over the other, or for any other purpose; armed conflict of sovereign powers; declared and open hostilities. ... | |