| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| ASCENDING | Scaling | |
| MOUNTING | Scaling | |
| FLAKING | Scaling off | |
| LADDER | Scaling aid | |
| ESCALADE | Scaling castle walls | |
| IVY | She is most privy to scaling walls | |
| SCALING | Serving as an aid in clambering; as, a scaling ladder, used in assaulting a fortified place. | |
| EXFOLIATION | The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated. | |
| STORM | To assault; to attack, and attempt to take, by scaling walls, forcing gates, breaches, or the like; as, to storm a fortified town. | |