| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| BACKINGOFF | Retreating | |
| BACKING OFF | Retreating (7,3) | |
| WITHDRAWING | Retreating alongside Art? | |
| FLOW | Movement of retreating wolf | |
| SWAP | Retreating paws pass back and forth | |
| REBEL | Revolutionary seen retreating in recognisable beret | |
| RETREATMENT | The act of retreating; specifically, the Hegira. | |
| DELPHI | “Retreating!” I pled, outside harbour of Greek city | |
| SPARSE | Curses rapscallion retreating inside for being so meagre | |
| REARGUARD | Troops protecting the back of a retreating army | |
| PUREED | Deer up, retreating from being mashed to a pulp | |
| ORTHOGNATHOUS | Having the front of the head, or the skull, nearly perpendicular, not retreating backwards above the jaws; -- opposed to prognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic. | |
| MOULDING | ... different members of each group projecting or retreating, one beyond another. See Cable, n., 3, and Crenelated molding, under Crenelate, v. t. ... | |