| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| PILLAR | Column | |
| BYLINE | Column’s authorship | |
| PEDESTAL | Column base | |
| EDITORIAL | News column | |
| SPINE | Vertebral column | |
| SOCLE | Column support | |
| NEWEL | Upright column | |
| IONIC | Classic column style | |
| DORIC | Classic column style | |
| PLUME | Column (of smoke) | |
| CARYATID | Figure-shaped supporting column | |
| EDITOR | Opinion column writer | |
| JET | Column of water | |
| SEA | Column of water | |
| DADO | Plinth of a column | |
| CATERPILLAR | Grub to provide food column | |
| SPINAL | Relating to the vertebral column | |
| SCAPE | The shaft of a column. | |
| RACHIS | The spine; the vertebral column. | |
| INFRASPINAL | Below the vertebral column, subvertebral. | |
| SUPRASPINAL | Situated above the vertebral column. | |
| STRIX | One of the flutings of a column. | |
| COLUMELLIFORM | Shaped like a little column, or columella. | |
| ARCHING | Raising eyebrows by marching without the fifth column | |
| BASIS | The pedestal of a column, pillar, or statue. | |