| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| FORGIVE | Pardon | |
| WHAT | Pardon? | |
| HUH | Pardon? | |
| CONDONE | Pardon | |
| AMNESTY | Pardon | |
| EXCUSE | Pardon | |
| ABSOLVE | Pardon | |
| PARDONED | Of Pardon | |
| PARDONING | Of Pardon | |
| REPRIEVE | An execution? Pardon? | |
| IRREMISSION | Refusal of pardon. | |
| CURE | A curate; a pardon. | |
| DEPRECATION | Entreaty for pardon; petitioning. | |
| WHATEVER | Pardon always, no matter what | |
| ACTOFGRACE | Pardon granted by a sovereign | |
| REMIT | To forgive; to pardon; to remove. | |
| FORGIVENESS | Disposition to pardon; willingness to forgive. | |
| PARDONABLY | In a manner admitting of pardon; excusably. | |
| REPROBATE | To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon. | |
| GARDEN PATH | “Pardon Garth,” begs Spooner on the way from bed to border | |
| GARDENPATH | “Pardon Garth,” begs Spooner on the way from bed to border | |
| GRACE | The prerogative of mercy execised by the executive, as pardon. | |
| JUSTIFY | To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve. | |
| OBLIVION | Official ignoring of offenses; amnesty, or general pardon; as, an act of oblivion. | |
| PROBATOR | One who, when indicted for crime, confessed it, and accused others, his accomplices, in order to obtain pardon; a state's evidence. | |