| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| AFFLICTS | Distresses | |
| TRESSES | Long locks? Di’s loss distresses | |
| GRIEF | Cause of sorrow or pain; that which afficts or distresses; trial; grievance. | |
| COMMISERATION | The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion. | |
| PITY | A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration. | |
| RELENTLESS | Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to the distresses of others; destitute of tenderness; unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying; as, a prey to relentless despotism. | |
| ENTRAP | ...as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or involve in contradictions; as, to be entrapped by the devices ... | |