| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| TOWERING | Looming | |
| NEAR | Looming | |
| DULLARD | Dutch uncle looming large acronymically – real duffer! | |
| LOOM | The state of looming; esp., an unnatural and indistinct appearance of elevation or enlargement of anything, as of land or of a ship, seen by one at sea. | |
| MIRAGE | ...n projected against the sky. The fata Morgana and looming are species of mirage. ... | |