| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| WARRANTS | Justifies | |
| RATIONALISES | Justifies unhappy realisations | |
| MEANS | The end justifies the ... | |
| APOLOGIST | One who defends or justifies | |
| SELF-JUSTIFIER | One who excuses or justifies himself. | |
| JUSTIFICATOR | One who justifies or vindicates; a justifier. | |
| VINDICATOR | One who vindicates; one who justifies or maintains. | |
| EXCUSE | That which excuses; that which extenuates or justifies a fault. | |
| JUSTIFIER | One who justifies; one who vindicates, supports, defends, or absolves. | |
| AFFRONT | Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult. | |
| AVOWANT | The defendant in replevin, who avows the distress of the goods, and justifies the taking. | |
| AVOWRY | The act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of replevin, avows and justifies the taking in his own right. | |