| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| BLED | Lost blood | |
| MUMBLED | Muttered that mother lost blood | |
| NOBBLED | Toff lost blood when drugged | |
| FUMBLED | Cockney claimed he lost blood from thumb and proceeded awkwardly | |
| VAPID | Having lost its life and spirit; dead; spiritless; insipid; flat; dull; unanimated; as, vapid beer; a vapid speech; a vapid state of the blood. | |
| SPILL | To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed, or suffer to be shed, as in battle or in manslaughter; as, a man spills another's blood, or his own blood. | |