| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| UNLOOSENING | Releasing | |
| ISSUING | Releasing | |
| SETTINGFREE | Releasing | |
| UNCORKING | Releasing (emotions) | |
| DISOBLIGATORY | Releasing from obligation. | |
| SETTING FREE | Releasing (from jail) (7,4) | |
| ENFRANCHISEMENT | Releasing from slavery or custody. | |
| DISINTHRALLMENT | A releasing from thralldom or slavery; disenthrallment. | |
| RELEASEMENT | The act of releasing, as from confinement or obligation. | |
| POUND-BREACH | The breaking of a public pound for releasing impounded animals. | |
| EXCUSE | The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating, pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution; justification; extenuation. | |
| LET-OFF | A device for letting off, releasing, or giving forth, as the warp from the cylinder of a loom. | |
| DEVIATION | The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility. | |
| TRIGGER | A piece, as a lever, which is connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it; especially (Firearms), the part of a lock which is m... | |