| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| CLAIMS | Assertions | |
| ALLEGATIONS | Assertions without proof | |
| ACCUSATIONS | Assertions of guilt | |
| JACTITATION | Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another's right; false claim. | |
| BROWBEATING | The act of bearing down, abashing, or disconcerting, with stern looks, supercilious manners, or confident assertions. | |
| TEST | Examination or trial by the cupel; hence, any critical examination or decisive trial; as, to put a man's assertions to a test. | |
| BROWBEAT | To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or abusi... | |
| DISPUTE | ... overthrow; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of; as, to dispute asserti... | |