| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| RULED | Held power | |
| DIRECTORY | A body of directors; board of management; especially, a committee which held executive power in France under the first republic. | |
| AUTO-DA-FE | An execution of such sentence, by the civil power, esp. the burning of a heretic. It was usually held on Sunday, and was made a great public solemnity by impressive forms and ceremonies. | |
| REACH | ...wer of reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or something held or thrown; as, the fruit is beyond my reach; to be within reach of can... | |
| SUCCESSION | ...r title of a father or other predecessor; the right to enter upon the office, rank, position, etc., held ny another; also, the entrance into ... | |
| GREENCLOTH | A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and his offi... | |
| ERASTIAN | ... physician and theologian of the 16th century. He held that the punishment of all offenses should be referred to the civil power, and that hol... | |
| SCROFULA | ... capacity for recovery. Scrofula is now generally held to be tuberculous in character, and may develop into general or local tuberculosis (consu... | |