| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| OFFENDER | Culprit | |
| PERPETRATOR | Culprit | |
| LASH | A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes. | |
| DELINQUENT | One who fails or neglects to perform his duty; an offender or transgressor; one who commits a fault or a crime; a culprit. | |
| PARDONABLE | Admitting of pardon; not requiring the excution of penalty; venial; excusable; -- applied to the offense or to the offender; as, a pardonable fault, or culprit. | |
| DROP | A door or platform opening downward; a trap door; that part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he is to be hanged; hence, the gallows itself. | |