| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| FIGHTING | Hostilities | |
| WAR | Hostilities | |
| ATTACK | Begin hostilities | |
| CESSATION | End (of hostilities) | |
| CEASEFIRE | Cessation of hostilities | |
| TRUCE | Cessation of hostilities | |
| WARRANT | Guarantee tirade after hostilities | |
| FEUDS | Ongoing hostilities by families | |
| WARFARE | Military service; military life; contest carried on by enemies; hostilities; war. | |
| ARMISTICE | A cessation of arms for a short time, by convention; a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement; a truce. | |
| ACTIVE | In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano. | |
| TERMINATION | The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities. | |
| PROMISE | ...oing, giving, or making, or the like; to covenant; to engage; as, to promise a visit; to promise a cessation of hostilities; to promise the paym... | |
| CONVENTION | ...preliminary to, a treaty; an informal compact, as between commanders of armies in respect to suspension of hostilities, or between states; also,... | |