| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| MISERLY | Avaricious | |
| GRASPING | Avaricious | |
| AVAROUS | Avaricious. | |
| GREEDIER | More avaricious | |
| GREEDIEST | Most avaricious | |
| GREEDY | Gluttonous; avaricious | |
| GOLD DIGGERS | Avaricious femme fatales | |
| GOLDDIGGERS | Avaricious femme fatales | |
| MISERABLE | Avaricious; niggardly; miserly. | |
| SORDID | Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly. | |
| FAST-HANDED | Close-handed; close-fisted; covetous; avaricious. | |
| CURMUDGEON | An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl. | |
| STINGY | Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl. | |
| RAPACIOUS | Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite. | |
| COVETOUS | Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense. | |