| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| CIRCUITOUS | Roundabout, indirect | |
| CIRCUMBENDIBUS | A roundabout or indirect way. | |
| CIRCUMAMBAGE | A roundabout or indirect course; indirectness. | |
| ROUNDABOUT | Circuitous; going round; indirect; as, roundabout speech. | |
| WINDLASS | To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means. | |
| PERIPHRASE | The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution. | |
| CIRCUMLOCUTION | The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrase. | |