| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| CRUELLER | Meaner | |
| ORNERIER | Meaner | |
| NASTIER | Meaner | |
| TIGHTER | Meaner when closer? Fitting! | |
| NERVE | The audacity of some meaner vendors! | |
| FAGEND | The refuse or meaner part of anything. | |
| RENAME | Use a different title that’s meaner in a way | |
| SCURRILOUS | Using the low and indecent language of the meaner sort of people, or such as only the license of buffoons can warrant; as, a scurrilous fellow. | |
| DEGENERATE | To be or grow worse than one's kind, or than one was originally; hence, to be inferior; to grow poorer, meaner, or more vicious; to decline in good qualities; to deteriorate. | |