| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| SLINKING | Intercepting | |
| INTERLOPING | Intercepting | |
| INTERCIPIENT | Intercepting; stopping. | |
| INTERCEPTIVE | Intercepting or tending to intercept. | |
| FORESTALLING | Intercepting by falling about untidy store | |
| INTERCEPTION | The act of intercepting; as, interception of a letter; interception of the enemy. | |
| SHADE | To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from. | |
| PARADOS | An intercepting mound, erected in any part of a fortification to protect the defenders from a rear or ricochet fire; a traverse. | |
| TAP | Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as, to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting information; to tap the treasury. | |