| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| FESTER | Decay | |
| SPOIL | Decay | |
| PUTREFACTION | Decay | |
| CRUMBLE | Decay | |
| EROSION | Decay | |
| ROT | Decay | |
| DECLINE | Worsen decay | |
| DRYROT | Wood decay | |
| GANGRENE | Tissue decay | |
| DECADENCE | Moral decay | |
| DECAYED | Of Decay | |
| DECAYING | Of Decay | |
| PREDECAY | Premature decay. | |
| DRY ROT | Wood decay (3,3) | |
| ROTATE | Decay eroded switch | |
| TAINT | Hint of decay | |
| PERISHABLE | Subject to decay | |
| ROTTEN | Suffering from decay | |
| DECREPITUDE | State of decay | |
| PERISH | Decay or rot | |
| RUINATE | Fallen into decay | |
| DILAPIDATED | Fallen into decay | |
| EMBALM | Preserve from decay | |
| DECAY | Cause of decay. | |
| CATALYSIS | Dissolution; degeneration; decay. | |