| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| ULCERATED | Festering | |
| SEPTIC | Festering | |
| ULCERATIONS | Festering sores | |
| INFLAMED | Infected, festering | |
| FESTERMENT | A festering. | |
| FESTER | A festering or rankling. | |
| EXULCERATION | A fretting; a festering; soreness. | |
| RANKLE | To produce a festering or inflamed effect; to cause a sore; -- used literally and figuratively; as, a splinter rankles in the flesh; the words rankled in his bosom. | |