| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| CLEANSES | Purifies | |
| PURGES | Purifies | |
| REFINES | Purifies | |
| FINER | One who fines or purifies. | |
| EXPURGATOR | One who expurgates or purifies. | |
| REFINER | Regarding nobler machine that purifies crude matter | |
| PURIFICATOR | One who, or that which, purifies; a purifier. | |
| PURIFIER | One who, or that which, purifies or cleanses; a cleanser; a refiner. | |
| DEFECATOR | That which cleanses or purifies; esp., an apparatus for removing the feculencies of juices and sirups. | |
| SALT | Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken with a grain of salt. | |