| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| DETOUR | Circuitous way | |
| WINDLASS | A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course; a shift. | |
| AMBAGES | A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech. | |
| ABOUT | In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across. | |
| DIRECT | Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means. | |