| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| UTILITIES | Public services | |
| LAUNDERETTE | Public washing services | |
| LAUNDROMATS | Public washing services | |
| SPOILSMONGER | One who promises or distributes public offices and their emoluments as the price of services to a party or its leaders. | |
| EMERITUS | Honorably discharged from the performance of public duty on account of age, infirmity, or long and faithful services; -- said of an officer of a college or pastor of a church. | |
| THANKSGIVING | A public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness; also, a day set apart for religious services, specially to acknowledge the goodness ... | |
| LITURGY | An established formula for public worship, or the entire ritual for public worship in a church which uses prescribed forms; a formulary for pub... | |
| PENSION | ...egular stipend paid by a government to retired public officers, disabled soldiers, the families of soldiers killed in service, or to meritorious... | |