| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| BEHEST | Authoritative command | |
| DECREE | Authoritative command | |
| EDICT | Authoritative command | |
| ORDER | Authoritative command | |
| ENJOINMENT | Direction; command; authoritative admonition. | |
| FIAT | An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree. | |
| MANDATE | An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept. | |
| IMPERATIVE | Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders. | |
| REQUIREMENT | That which is required; an imperative or authoritative command; an essential condition; something needed or necessary; a need. | |
| DIRECTION | That which is imposed by directing; a guiding or authoritative instruction; prescription; order; command; as, he grave directions to the servants. | |
| PRECENT | Any commandment, instruction, or order intended as an authoritative rule of action; esp., a command respecting moral conduct; an injunction; a rule. | |
| DICTATE | A statement delivered with authority; an order; a command; an authoritative rule, principle, or maxim; a prescription; as, listen to the dictat... | |
| SHALL | ...hen . . . , " since a promise or threat and an authoritative prophecy nearly coincide in significance. In shall with the first person, the ne... | |