| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| DEFILE | Narrow pass | |
| STRAIT | Narrow sea pass | |
| TRANSFRETE | To pass over a strait or narrow sea. | |
| NEAR | So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow; as, a near escape. | |
| NOTCH | A narrow passage between two elevation; a deep, close pass; a defile; as, the notch of a mountain. | |
| WIREDRAW | To pass, or to draw off, (as steam) through narrow ports, or the like, thus reducing its pressure or force by friction. | |
| THREAD | To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thrid. | |
| CRADLING | Cutting a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterward united and rehooped. | |