| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| BAD | Awful | |
| BEASTLY | Awful | |
| DIRE | Awful | |
| GHASTLIEST | Most awful | |
| NASTIEST | Most awful | |
| PONG | Awful smell | |
| BEASTLIEST | Most awful | |
| HELLHOLE | Awful place | |
| STINK | Smell awful | |
| HEARTBREAKING | Agonising, awful, earth-shattering | |
| ANIMAL | Mail an awful creature | |
| TERRIBLE | As awful as Ivan? | |
| SNAKE | Salesman’s oil from awful sneak | |
| DOSE | Prescribed amount of awful odes | |
| YOBS | Boys will be awful boys | |
| DREADFUL | Inspiring awe or reverence; awful. | |
| KISMET | Have tea after Mike’s awful fate | |
| PESTILENCE | Awful silence, pet! It's a plague! | |
| INSINCERITY | Falseness of inner city is awful | |
| UNDERSTANDING | Awful dating run ends in mutual agreement | |
| SAFETY | Protection from awful fate in Sleepy Hollow | |
| OVERAWFUL | Awful, or reverential, in an excessive degree. | |
| CONTRACTION | Awful feeling birth may be happening during downturn | |
| EXCUSES | Makes allowance for awful excess, including union leader | |
| DIATRIBE | Awful clan heard to give thunderous verbal attack | |