| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| TERRORS | Fears | |
| DREADS | Fears | |
| QUELLS | Suppresses (fears) | |
| PHOBIAS | Great fears | |
| ALLAYING | Al putting fears at rest | |
| SAFER | Fears building is more secure | |
| DREADER | One who fears, or lives in fear. | |
| REAFFIRMS | Firm fears change, so again declares the truth | |
| BLACKMAILING | The act or practice of extorting money by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation. | |
| MELANCHOLIA | A kind of mental unsoundness characterized by extreme depression of spirits, ill-grounded fears, delusions, and brooding over one particular subject or train of ideas. | |
| BLACKMAIL | To extort money from by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation, distress of mind, etc.; as, to blackmail a me... | |