| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| LEADING | First (position) | |
| ONE | Apparently won first position | |
| PLACE | Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as, he said in the first place. | |
| RANK | Degree of dignity, eminence, or excellence; position in civil or social life; station; degree; grade; as, a writer of the first rank; a lawyer of high rank. | |
| STAND | To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation; as, Christian charity, or love, stands first in the rank of gifts. | |
| WEDGE | The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos; -- so called after a person (Wedgewood) who occupied this position on the first list of 1828. | |
| FILLIP | To strike with the nail of the finger, first placed against the ball of the thumb, and forced from that position with a sudden spring; to snap with the finger. | |
| PRESENTATION | ... relatively to the passage though which it is to be brought forth; -- specifically designated by the part which first appears at the mouth of ... | |
| BOND | ...e so that its joints come in the middle of the first, and the same position of stretchers comes back every fifth line; Combined cross and Englis... | |