| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| IRKS | Galls | |
| GALLIC | Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the like. | |
| INQUILINE | A gallfly which deposits its eggs in galls formed by other insects. | |
| ATRAMENTOUS | Of or pertaining to ink; inky; black, like ink; as, atramental galls; atramentous spots. | |
| GALLFLY | An insect that deposits its eggs in plants, and occasions galls, esp. any small hymenopteran of the genus Cynips and allied genera. See Illust. of Gall. | |
| ORTALIDIAN | Any one of numerous small two-winged flies of the family Ortalidae. The larvae of many of these flies live in fruit; those of others produce galls on various plants. | |
| GALL | To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable. | |