| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| PROVOCATIVE | Challenging | |
| EASIER | Less challenging | |
| EASIEST | Least challenging | |
| TREK | Challenging journey | |
| DEFIANT | Challenging to authority | |
| RIDDLES | Challenging questions about peppers | |
| HARDSELL | Challenging auction needs aggressive sales pitch | |
| HARDSHIPS | Challenging craft features trials and tribulations | |
| RECUSATION | The act of refusing a judge or challenging that he shall not try the cause, on account of his supposed partiality. | |
| REVEILLE | The beat of drum, or bugle blast, about break of day, to give notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for the sentinels to forbear challenging. | |
| DEMAND | The act of demanding; an asking with authority; a peremptory urging of a claim; a claiming or challenging as due; requisition; as, the demand of a creditor; a note payable on demand. | |