| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| AIMING | Intending | |
| PLANNING | Intending | |
| SURREPTITIOUSLY | Secretively; intending to avoid notice | |
| BENEVOLENT | Intending or showing good will | |
| SERIOUS | Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving. | |
| CONTEMPLATION | The act of looking forward to an event as about to happen; expectation; the act of intending or purposing. | |
| BOUND | Ready or intending to go; on the way toward; going; -- with to or for, or with an adverb of motion; as, a ship is bound to Cadiz, or for Cadiz. | |