| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| ASKING | Questioning | |
| WHY | Questioning word | |
| QUERYING | Inquiring, questioning | |
| INQUIRENT | Making inquiry; inquiring; questioning. | |
| CROSS-QUESTION | To cross-examine; to subject to close questioning. | |
| INTERROGATION | The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry. | |
| INQUIRY | The act of inquiring; a seeking for information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning. | |
| POSE | To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand. | |
| INTERVIEW | A conservation, or questioning, for the purpose of eliciting information for publication; the published statement so elicited. | |
| CROSS-EXAMINATION | The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party against whom he has been called and examined. See Examination. | |
| INTERPELLATION | An act of interpellating, or of demanding of an officer an explanation of his action; imperative or peremptory questioning; a point raised in a debate. | |
| QUERY | To put questions about; to elicit by questioning; to inquire into; as, to query the items or the amount; to query the motive or the fact. | |
| PUMP | Figuratively, to draw out or obtain, as secrets or money, by persistent questioning or plying; to question or ply persistently in order to elicit something, as information, money, etc. | |