| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| NODES | Knots | |
| NODULES | Small knots | |
| GNARLY | Covered with knots | |
| ENTRAPS | Covered with knots | |
| GNARLED | Covered with knots | |
| KNURRY | Full of knots. | |
| NAUTICALMILES | They’re covered in knots | |
| KNAGGED | Full of knots; knaggy. | |
| KNURLED | Full of knots; gnarled. | |
| ABSENTMINDED | Inattentive bandsmen tied in knots | |
| IGNORANTLY | Unknowingly tying Lorna into knots | |
| NODULED | Having little knots or lumps. | |
| ABNODATE | To clear (tress) from knots. | |
| KNOTLESS | Free from knots; without knots. | |
| MULTINODATE | Having many knots or nodes. | |
| EMOTIVE | Stirring move – tie in knots! | |
| COMB | Get knots out of hairdresser’s equipment | |
| NOOSES | Loops of rope with running knots | |
| UNKNOT | To free from knots; to untie. | |
| GENICULATE | To form joints or knots on. | |
| KNOT | To knit knots for fringe or trimming. | |
| ENODE | To clear of knots; to make clear. | |
| NODULOUS | Having small nodes or knots; diminutively nodose. | |
| EVANGELIST | Preacher ties angel in knots over five Romans | |
| ABNODATION | The act of cutting away the knots of trees. | |