| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| IRONS | Presses | |
| TAPS | Presses lightly | |
| PERSEVERES | Presses on regardless | |
| COARCTATION | Pressure; that which presses. | |
| PRINCESSES | Spooner says sin presses on royalty | |
| PRESSER | One who, or that which, presses. | |
| GRIPPER | In printing presses, the fingers or nippers. | |
| PRESSMAN | One who presses clothes; as, a tailor's pressman. | |
| DEPRESSOR | One who, or that which, presses down; an oppressor. | |
| ABUTMENT | That on or against which a body abuts or presses | |
| SHOE | The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion. | |
| PULL | To take or make, as a proof or impression; -- hand presses being worked by pulling a lever. | |
| BREASTPLATE | A piece against which the workman presses his breast in operating a breast drill, or other similar tool. | |
| PRESS | To urge with vehemence or importunity; to exert a strong or compelling influence; as, an argument presses upon the judgment. | |
| PLATEN | The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made. | |