| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| PRICKS | Pierces | |
| GORES | Pierces | |
| RIDDLES | Pierces with many holes | |
| PUNCTURES | Pierces A Hole In | |
| GORER | That which pierces with horns | |
| SWORD | Zeus’ last word ... it pierces! | |
| TRANQUILLISER | Needle pierces rusty strainer, yielding a sedative drug | |
| PIERCER | One who, or that which, pierces or perforates | |
| DART | Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart. | |
| POINT | That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle or a pin. | |
| THRILL | Hence, to affect, as if by something that pierces or pricks; to cause to have a shivering, throbbing, tingling, or exquisite sensation; to pierce; to penetrate. | |
| ENFILED | Having some object, as the head of a man or beast, impaled upon it; as, a sword which is said to be "enfiled of" the thing which it pierces. | |