| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| BORNE | Encountered | |
| FELT | Encountered | |
| MET | Encountered | |
| SCARCE | Rarely encountered | |
| RARE | Seldom encountered | |
| INSHORTSUPPLY | Rarely encountered in shorts. Apply verbally | |
| PLIERS | Strange perils encountered in tool box | |
| STARTLES | Surprises encountered in first art lessons | |
| METALLIC | Encountered everyone, I see, to do with iron and tin | |
| WILLYWAW | A whirlwind, or whirlwind squall, encountered in the Straits of Magellan. | |
| HAZARD | Risk; danger; peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life. | |
| ENCOUNTER | To meet face to face; to have a meeting; to meet, esp. as enemies; to engage in combat; to fight; as, three armies encountered at Waterloo. | |
| ADVENTURE | The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat. | |