| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| ARGUES | Debates | |
| CONTENDS | Prisoner is inclined to have debates | |
| DEBATER | One who debates; one given to argument; a disputant; a controvertist. | |
| REPORTER | An officer or person who makes authorized statements of law proceedings and decisions, or of legislative debates. | |
| CONGRESSIONAL | Of or pertaining to a congress, especially, to the Congress of the United States; as, congressional debates. | |
| ORDER | The customary mode of procedure; established system, as in the conduct of debates or the transaction of business; usage; custom; fashion. | |
| DEBATE | Contention in words or arguments; discussion for the purpose of elucidating truth or influencing action; strife in argument; controversy; as, the debates in Parliament or in Congress. | |
| DISSENSION | Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious d... | |
| SPEAKER | ...one who presides over, or speaks for, a delibrative assembly, preserving order and regulating the debates; as, the Speaker of the House of Commo... | |