| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| HOLE | Pit | |
| SEED | Pit | |
| MINER | Pit worker | |
| OILWELL | Petroleum pit | |
| PULSATES | Goes pit-a-pat | |
| MINE | Coal pit | |
| COALMINERS | Pit-face workers | |
| POCK | Scar pit | |
| COALMINER | Pit worker | |
| ABAON | Bottomless pit | |
| CESSPOOL | Sewage pit | |
| QUARRY | Stone pit | |
| PUT | A pit. | |
| PITTED | Of Pit | |
| PITTING | Of Pit | |
| COAL MINERS | Pit-face workers (4,6) | |
| UNDERMINE | Sabotage below pit | |
| SILO | Missile launch pit | |
| DYNAMITING | Blasting (mine pit) | |
| HANGI | Maori cooking pit | |
| HONGI | Maori cooking pit | |
| LACUNA | Pit or cavity | |
| STAPLE | A small pit. | |
| UPTIGHT | Nervous about thug pit | |
| TIP | Top of pit receding | |