| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| VICES | Faults | |
| DEFECTS | Faults | |
| ERRORS | Faults | |
| NITPICKING | Finding faults | |
| NITPICKERS | Finding faults | |
| WEAKNESSES | Underlying faults | |
| SEETHE | Underlying faults | |
| FLAWED | Having faults | |
| IMPERFECT | Having faults | |
| WARTSANDALL | Including faults | |
| INSPECTIONS | Examination for faults | |
| DEBUG | Get rid of faults in | |
| DEBUGGED | Got rid of faults in | |
| FAULTFUL | Full of faults or sins. | |
| PICK-FAULT | One who seeks out faults. | |
| SCAPEGOAT | Person blamed for the faults of others | |
| CONFITENT | One who confesses his sins and faults. | |
| CHASTEN | To purify from errors or faults; to refine. | |
| REPROVE | To express disapprobation of; as, to reprove faults. | |
| ARRAIGNMENT | A calling to an account to faults; accusation. | |
| FAULTY | Containing faults, blemishes, or defects; imperfect; not fit for the use intended. | |
| DISCIPLINE | Severe training, corrective of faults; instruction by means of misfortune, suffering, punishment, etc. | |
| SMUT | Bad, soft coal, containing much earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults. | |
| CONFESS | To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience. | |
| WARNING | Caution against danger, or against faults or evil practices which incur danger; admonition; monition. | |