| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| CALUMNY | Defamation | |
| LIBEL | Defamation | |
| OBLOQUY | Defamation | |
| SLANDER | Defamation | |
| DENIGRATION | Fig.: A blackening; defamation. | |
| DIFFAME | Evil name; bad reputation; defamation. | |
| TRADUCEMENT | The act of traducing; misrepresentation; ill-founded censure; defamation; calumny. | |
| DEFAMATORY | Containing defamation; injurious to reputation; calumnious; slanderous; as, defamatory words; defamatory writings. | |