| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| ENDOWMENT | Bestowal | |
| PRESENTATION | Bestowal | |
| AFFORDMENT | Anything given as a help; bestowal. | |
| PROMISE | Bestowal, fulfillment, or grant of what is promised. | |
| BESTOWMENT | The act of giving or bestowing; a conferring or bestowal. | |
| CULTIVATION | Bestowal of time or attention for self-improvement or for the benefit of others; fostering care. | |
| SETTLEMENT | Bestowal, or giving possession, under legal sanction; the act of giving or conferring anything in a formal and permanent manner. | |
| NEPOTISM | Undue attachment to relations; favoritism shown to members of one's family; bestowal of patronage in consideration of relationship, rather than of merit or of legal claim. | |
| SUBARRATION | The ancient custom of betrothing by the bestowal, on the part of the man, of marriage gifts or tokens, as money, rings, or other presents, upon the woman. | |
| OPTION | ...lect any one dignity or benefice in the gift of a suffragan bishop consecrated or confirmed by him, for bestowal by himself when next vacant; --... | |