| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| INVITES | Bids | |
| OFFERS | Bids | |
| AUCTIONEER | Bids taker | |
| TENDERS | Formal bids | |
| BIDDER | One who bids or offers a price. | |
| DISBELIEVER | Crazy to relieve bids by doubting Thomas, for example | |
| BIDDING | The act or process of making bids; an offer; a proposal of a price, as at an auction. | |
| BY-BIDDER | One who bids at an auction in behalf of the auctioneer or owner, for the purpose of running up the price of articles. | |
| TICKETING | A periodical sale of ore in the English mining districts; -- so called from the tickets upon which are written the bids of the buyers. | |
| BEADLE | A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites or bids persons to appear and answer; -- called also an apparitor or summoner. | |