| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| LIABILITY | Encumbrance | |
| IMPEDIMENT | Encumbrance | |
| COMBER | Encumbrance. | |
| CUMBRANCE | Encumbrance. | |
| ENCUMBERMENT | Encumbrance. | |
| DEADWEIGHT | Encumbrance wed; date for Spooner! | |
| INCOMMODITY | Inconvenience; trouble; annoyance; disadvantage; encumbrance. | |
| DISENCUMBRANCE | Freedom or deliverance from encumbrance, or anything burdensome or troublesome. | |
| INCUBUS | Any oppressive encumbrance or burden; anything that prevents the free use of the faculties. | |
| DISENCUMBER | To free from encumbrance, or from anything which clogs, impedes, or obstructs; to disburden. | |
| CLOG | That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind. | |