| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| DETESTS | Hates | |
| BUGBEARS | Pet hates | |
| HATER | One who hates. | |
| MISANTHROPE | One who hates people | |
| LOATHSOME | Hates loom weaving? It’s horrible! | |
| ATHEIST | Non-believer to be converted? Hates it! | |
| BOLSHOI | Ballet organisation’s leading soloist hates Odette initially | |
| HYDRATES | Hates holding dry mixture, and adds water | |
| OMEN | The writing on the wall says, “Love what a misandrist hates” | |
| ENEMY | One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of or to a person; an enemy to truth, or to falsehood. | |