| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| DESTRUCTIVE | Devastating | |
| DECIMATING | Devastating | |
| BOMBSHELL | Devastating surprise | |
| LOCUSTING | Swarming and devastating like locusts. | |
| CRUSHINGBLOW | Devastating disappointment turned Spooner into a blushing crow | |
| DEVASTATION | The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste. | |
| PESTILENCE | Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating. | |
| DRAGONNADE | The severe persecution of French Protestants under Louis XIV., by an armed force, usually of dragoons; hence, a rapid and devastating incursion; dragoonade. | |