| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| ADAGES | Sayings | |
| DICTA | Wise sayings | |
| MAXIMS | Wise sayings | |
| BYWORDS | Common sayings | |
| IDIOMS | Colloquial sayings | |
| ARIL | Wise sayings | |
| SAWS | Wise sayings | |
| EXPRESSIONS | Sayings and proverbs | |
| PROVERBS | Wise sayings, maxims | |
| ADVANTAGES | Sayings about van providing first-time benefits | |
| APOTHEGMATIZE | To utter apothegms, or short and sententious sayings. | |
| WIT | A person of eminent sense or knowledge; a man of genius, fancy, or humor; one distinguished for bright or amusing sayings, for repartee, and the like. | |
| DIOGENES | A Greek Cynic philosopher (412?-323 B. C.) who lived much in Athens and was distinguished for contempt of the common aims and conditions of life, and for sharp, caustic sayings. | |
| -ANA | A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus, Scaligerana is a... | |