| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| AGONISINGLY | Painfully | |
| AGONISING | Pondering painfully | |
| AGONIZING | Pondering painfully | |
| EARSPLITTING | Painfully loud | |
| AGONISED | Pondered painfully | |
| EARPIERCING | Painfully loud | |
| ABRADE | Rub painfully | |
| ABRADING | Rubbing painfully | |
| AGONISE | Ponder painfully | |
| AGONIZE | Ponder painfully | |
| AGONISES | Ponders painfully | |
| SMARTS | Tingles painfully | |
| ACHED | Throbbed painfully | |
| LIMP | Walk painfully | |
| TOILER | One who toils, or labors painfully. | |
| ANTAGONISE | Ponder painfully after colony insect might annoy | |
| QUICK | Painfully sensitive flesh lasting a short time | |
| SORELY | In a sore manner; grievously; painfully; as, to be sorely afflicted. | |
| HURT | To cause physical pain to; to do bodily harm to; to wound or bruise painfully. | |
| FLARE | To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light. | |
| SCORCH | To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat. | |
| JEALOUS | ...ivalry in love or preference given to another; painfully suspicious of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover. ... | |