| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| BLUNDERING | Bungling | |
| INEXPERT | Bungling | |
| INCOMPETENT | Bungling | |
| BOTCHERLY | Bungling; awkward. | |
| PATCHERY | Botchery; covering of defects; bungling; hypocrisy. | |
| BUNGLING | Unskillful; awkward; clumsy; as, a bungling workman. | |
| UNSKILLFUL | Not skillful; inexperienced; awkward; bungling; as, an unskillful surgeon or mechanic; an unskillful logician. | |
| CLEAN | Free from awkwardness; not bungling; adroit; dexterous; as, aclean trick; a clean leap over a fence. | |
| BOTCH | To put together unsuitably or unskillfully; to express or perform in a bungling manner; to spoil or mar, as by unskillful work. | |
| MANGLE | To cut or bruise with repeated blows or strokes, making a ragged or torn wound, or covering with wounds; to tear in cutting; to cut in a bungling manner; to lacerate; to mutilate. | |