| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| ADMISSIONS | Confessions | |
| ACKNOWLEDGMENT | Confessions | |
| REVELATIONS | Confessions | |
| EXPOSES | Confessions | |
| ACCOUNTS | Confessions | |
| RELATIONS | Confessions | |
| DISCLOSURES | Confessions | |
| SHRIVE | To receive confessions, as a priest; to administer confession and absolution. | |
| BOOT | An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland. | |
| CONFESSOR | A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution. | |
| LICENTIATE | A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy. | |
| SYMBOLICS | That branch of historic theology which treats of creeds and confessions of faith; symbolism; -- called also symbolic. | |
| PENITENTIAL | A book formerly used by priests hearing confessions, containing rules for the imposition of penances; -- called also penitential book. | |
| RACK | ..., upon which the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated; -- formerly used judicially for extorting confession... | |
| CONFESSIONAL | The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat for the priest and ... | |
| EXTORT | ...t contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt. ... | |