| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| MALEDICTION | Expletive | |
| EXCLAMATION | Expletive | |
| OBSCENITY | Four-letter expletive | |
| EGAD | Mild expletive | |
| DAMN | Mild expletive | |
| BLEEP | Expletive replacement needed in objectionable episodes | |
| EXPLETIVELY | In the manner of an expletive. | |
| AND | It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive. | |
| EXPLETORY | Serving to fill up; expletive; superfluous; as, an expletory word. | |
| DEVIL | An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation. | |
| SO | Well; the fact being as stated; -- used as an expletive; as, so the work is done, is it? | |