| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| MISUSE | Ill-treat | |
| ABUSE | Ill-treat | |
| HANDLE | To treat; to use, well or ill. | |
| MALTREAT | To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly. | |
| ILLTREAT | To treat cruelly or improperly; to ill use; to maltreat. | |
| SERVE | To treat; to behave one's self to; to requite; to act toward; as, he served me very ill. | |
| ABUSIVE | Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow. | |