| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| BASHING | Battering | |
| RUINING | Battering | |
| BLACKENING | Battering | |
| ASSAULTING | Battering | |
| PUMMELLING | Battering | |
| RAM | Battering device | |
| ARIES | A battering-ram. | |
| RAN | Siege weapon, battering ... | |
| ARM | Battering ram to provide with weapon | |
| TEMPURA | Food that has taken a battering | |
| BATTERY | The act of battering or beating. | |
| ARIETATION | The act of butting like a ram; act of using a battering-ram. | |
| CANNONADE | The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell, etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship, or fort; -- usually, an attack of some continuance. | |
| BREACH | A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture. | |