| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| CONTRACTORS | Builders | |
| SCAFFOLDING | Builders’ framework | |
| INCA | Machu Picchu builders | |
| INCANS | Machu Picchu builders | |
| INCAS | Machu Picchu builders | |
| POLYPS | Coral reef builders | |
| ARCHRIVALS | Bitterly competitive bridge builders? | |
| FURNITURE | Builders' hardware such as locks, door and window trimmings. | |
| HOARDING | A screen of boards inclosing a house and materials while builders are at work. | |
| PLUMB | A little mass or weight of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bob. See Plumb line, below. | |
| BADIGEON | A cement or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or stone, to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface. | |
| FREEMASON | ...rnity, said to have been at first composed of masons or builders in stone, but now consisting of persons who are united for social enjoyment and... | |