| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| LAYINGOFF | Dismissing | |
| AXING | Dismissing | |
| FIRING | Dismissing | |
| LAYING OFF | Dismissing (6,3) | |
| FITS | Dismissing expert profits tailors | |
| FUN | Founder dismissing doer with pleasure | |
| SPUD | Root vegetable disputed, dismissing diet | |
| DIMISSION | Leave to depart; a dismissing. | |
| JUST | Fair joust dismissing objectors at first | |
| ITALIC | Rebellious Socialist dismissing SOS for rightleaning text | |
| AVOIDANCE | A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal. | |
| DIMISSORY | Sending away; dismissing to another jurisdiction; granting leave to depart. | |
| DISMISSION | The act dismissing or sending away; permission to leave; leave to depart; dismissal; as, the dismission of the grand jury. | |