| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| AFFILIATING | Associating | |
| ASSOCIATIVE | Having the quality of associating; tending or leading to association; as, the associative faculty. | |
| ASSOCIATION | The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things. | |
| TOPOLOGY | The art of, or method for, assisting the memory by associating the thing or subject to be remembered with some place. | |
| ACCEDE | To become a party by associating one's self with others; to give one's adhesion. Hence, to agree or assent to a proposal or a view; as, he acceded to my request. | |