| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| DYING | Perishing | |
| PERISHMENT | The act of perishing. | |
| ENDURE | To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain. | |
| SYCHNOCARPOUS | Having the capacity of bearing several successive crops of fruit without perishing; as, sychnocarpous plants. | |
| BIENNIAL | Continuing for two years, and then perishing, as plants which form roots and leaves the first year, and produce fruit the second. | |