| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| MARS | Blemishes | |
| SCARS | Blemishes | |
| BRUISES | Blemishes | |
| ACNE | Fancy Noel even with skin blemishes | |
| STAINS | When thrown out of order saints have blemishes | |
| FAULTY | Containing faults, blemishes, or defects; imperfect; not fit for the use intended. | |
| SPECK | To cause the presence of specks upon or in, especially specks regarded as defects or blemishes; to spot; to speckle; as, paper specked by impurities in the water used in its manufacture. | |
| BEAU IDEAL | ... or physical, formed in the mind, free from all the deformities, defects, and blemishes seen in actual existence; an ideal or faultless standard... | |