| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| ASSASSIN | Murderer | |
| SLAYER | Murderer | |
| KILLER | Murderer | |
| POISONER | Toxin-using murderer | |
| LIFER | Non-parole murderer | |
| MURTHERER | A murderer. | |
| CHOKER | Collar for murderer? | |
| EMU | Axe murderer hides long-legged Australian | |
| PATRICIDE | The murderer of his father. | |
| DRUM | Murderer partly turned back to strike repeatedly | |
| VATICIDE | The murder, or the murderer, of a prophet. | |
| CUTTHROAT | One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin. | |
| BLOODSHEDDER | One who sheds blood; a manslayer; a murderer. | |
| STABBER | One who, or that which, stabs; a privy murderer. | |
| ERIC | A recompense formerly given by a murderer to the relatives of the murdered person. | |
| BLOODSUCKER | One who sheds blood; a cruel, bloodthirsty man; one guilty of bloodshed; a murderer. | |
| BRAVO | A daring villain; a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; a professional assassin or murderer. | |
| EXECUTION | A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer. | |
| HANG | To put to death by suspending by the neck; -- a form of capital punishment; as, to hang a murderer. | |
| WEREGILD | ... partly to the next of kin. It was paid by the murderer. ... | |