| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| HONCHOS | Bosses | |
| EMPLOYERS | Bosses | |
| DESPOTS | Harsh bosses | |
| RINGMASTERS | Big-top bosses | |
| ABBESSES | Nunnery bosses | |
| ABBESS | Nunnery bosses | |
| SLAVEDRIVERS | Demanding bosses | |
| PRINCIPALS | School bosses | |
| RAMRODS | Demanding bosses | |
| AMBASSADORS | Embassy bosses | |
| TASKMASTERS | Harsh bosses | |
| MAYORS | Town bosses | |
| HEADMASTERS | School bosses | |
| DONS | Mafia bosses | |
| CEOS | Company bosses | |
| OBSESS | Preoccupy bosses dreadfully | |
| MANAGERS | Bosses who can cope? | |
| OBSESSED | Fixated bosses upset editor | |
| BOSSY | Ornamented with bosses; studded. | |
| FIGUREHEADS | Reckon bosses are political puppets | |
| LOGGERHEADS | At odds with lumberjack bosses? | |
| CURATORS | Our carts worried museum bosses | |
| HEADS | Bosses suggest that he take promotions | |
| BOSS | To ornament with bosses; to stud. | |
| AT LOGGERHEADS | At first, lumberjack bosses engaged in dispute | |