| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| ERECTS | Builds | |
| SANDCASTLES | Beach-day builds | |
| AMASSES | Builds up | |
| ACCRUES | Builds up | |
| STRENGTHENS | Builds up | |
| PREFABRICATE | Builds in advance | |
| PREFABRICATES | Builds in advance | |
| BREWS | Builds up ominously | |
| EDIFIER | One who builds. | |
| WALLER | One who builds walls. | |
| DENTAL SURGEON | Canine manager also builds bridges | |
| DENTALSURGEON | Canine manager also builds bridges | |
| OSPREY | The male builds the nest | |
| SUPERSTRUCTOR | One who builds a superstructure. | |
| ROUGHSETTER | A mason who builds rough stonework. | |
| ERECTER | An erector; one who raises or builds. | |
| HANGNEST | A bird which builds such a nest; a hangbird. | |
| WALL-PLAT | The spotted flycatcher. It builds its nest on walls. | |
| DIKER | One who builds stone walls; usually, one who builds them without lime. | |
| CASTLEBUILDER | Fig.: one who builds castles in the air or forms visionary schemes. | |
| BUILDER | One who builds; one whose occupation is to build, as a carpenter, a shipwright, or a mason. | |
| EYRY | The nest of a bird of prey or other large bird that builds in a lofty place; aerie. | |
| VISIONARY | One whose imagination overpowers his reason and controls his judgment; an unpractical schemer; one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer. | |
| THORNBIRD | A small South American bird (Anumbius anumbii) allied to the ovenbirds of the genus Furnarius). It builds a very large and complex nest of twigs and thorns in a bush or tree. | |
| COWBIRD | The cow blackbird (Molothrus ater), an American starling. Like the European cuckoo, it builds no nest, but lays its eggs in the nests of other ... | |