| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| GRIT | Loose sand | |
| SANDISH | Approaching the nature of sand; loose; not compact. | |
| LIFTER | A tool for lifting loose sand from the mold; also, a contrivance attached to a cope, to hold the sand together when the cope is lifted. | |
| PERMEATE | ... penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; -- applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose tex... | |
| QUICKSAND | Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure; especially, a deep mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water, sometimes found at the mou... | |
| SPILL | ..., or suffer to be scattered; -- applied to fluids and to substances whose particles are small and loose; as, to spill water from a pail; to spil... | |