| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| ARTILLERY | Heavy guns | |
| FID | A block of wood used in mounting and dismounting heavy guns. | |
| MONITOR | An ironclad war vessel, very low in the water, and having one or more heavily-armored revolving turrets, carrying heavy guns. | |
| ORDNANCE | Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or great guns, mortars, and howitzers; artillery; sometimes, a general term for all weapons and appliances used in war. | |
| CRADLE | ... ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, ... | |