| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| DOMINATING | Commanding | |
| INSTRUCTING | Commanding | |
| IMPERANT | Commanding. | |
| MASTERFUL | Exceptional; commanding | |
| MASTERING | Exceptional; commanding | |
| PRECIPIENT | Commanding; directing. | |
| IMPERATORIAL | Commanding; imperative; authoritative. | |
| MAGISTERIALLY | In commanding authoritative way | |
| CAPTAINSHIP | The art of commanding | |
| COMMANDINGLY | In a commanding manner. | |
| IMPERIOUS | Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic. | |
| BACON | Rasher Commanding Officer involved in ban | |
| COS | Salad vegetable grown by commanding officers | |
| EXERCISING | Commanding demons to quit using gym? | |
| COAX | Persuade commanding officer with a kiss | |
| COOP | Confine commanding officer over military exercise | |
| CONSUME | Eat from menus prepared by commanding officer | |
| LOCATE | Find commanding officer went back in late | |
| COMMANDMENT | The act of commanding; exercise of authority. | |
| ESCORT | Deploy rest around commanding officer to form bodyguard | |
| CAPTAIN | The master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel. | |
| ATTACHMENT | The writ or percept commanding such seizure or taking. | |
| PENTECOSTER | An officer in the Spartan army commanding fifty men. | |
| OCCUPY | Officer Commanding takes cup at start of year to invade | |
| COLLATE | Commanding officer left at night to arrange pages in order | |