| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| VICE | Bad habit | |
| ADVICE | Cockney had bad habit of making recommendation | |
| CURE | To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as from a bad habit. | |
| CACOETHES | A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, cacoethes scribendi, "The itch for writing". | |
| INVETERACY | ...or deep-rooted obstinacy of any quality or state acquired by time; as, the inveteracy of custom, habit, or disease; -- usually in a bad sense; a... | |
| KICK | ...strike out with the foot or feet, as in defense or in bad temper; esp., to strike backward, as a horse does, or to have a habit of doing so. ... | |