| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| EDICTS | Authoritative orders | |
| COMMANDING | Authoritative when giving orders | |
| IMPERATIVE | Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders. | |
| DICTATION | The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an overbearing manner; authoritative utterance; as, his habit, even with friends, was that of dictation. |