| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| ASSUAGES | Mitigates | |
| MITIGATOR | One who, or that which, mitigates. | |
| BALM | Anything that heals or that mitigates pain. | |
| ALLEVIATION | That which mitigates, or makes more tolerable. | |
| LENITIVE | That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative. | |
| PAREGORIC | A medicine that mitigates pain; an anodyne; specifically, camphorated tincture of opium; -- called also paregoric elexir. | |