| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| ENSUING | Immediately following | |
| NEXT | Immediately following | |
| UPON | Immediately following | |
| PROXIME | Next; immediately preceding or following. | |
| PROXIMATE | Nearest; next immediately preceding or following. | |
| PLEISTOCENE | Of or pertaining to the epoch, or the deposits, following the Tertiary, and immediately preceding man. | |
| ATTENDANT | Accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as consequential; consequent; as, intemperance with all its attendant evils. | |
| POSTPLIOCENE | Of or pertaining to the period immediately following the Pliocene; Pleistocene. Also used as a noun. See Quaternary. | |
| SECOND | Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other. | |
| CHAMPLAIN PERIOD | A subdivision of the Quaternary age immediately following the Glacial period; -- so named from beds near Lake Champlain. | |
| ALLITERATION | The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: - | |