| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| ADJUSTING | Correcting | |
| AMENDING | Correcting | |
| EDITING | Correcting | |
| DIORTHOTIC | Relating to the correcting or straightening out of something; corrective. | |
| EDULCORANT | Having a tendency to purify or to sweeten by removing or correcting acidity and acrimony. | |
| EMENDATION | The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement. | |
| SCRUTINY | An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll. | |
| CORRECTION | The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement. | |
| OPSIOMETER | An instrument for measuring the limits of distincts vision in different individuals, and thus determiming the proper focal length of a lens for correcting imperfect sight. | |
| CORRECTIVE | That which has the power of correcting, altering, or counteracting what is wrong or injurious; as, alkalies are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct. | |
| BRANKS | A scolding bridle, an instrument formerly used for correcting scolding women. It was an iron frame surrounding the head and having a triangular piece entering the mouth of the scold. | |