| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| ORDEAL | Severe trial | |
| FIRE | Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction. | |
| FURNACE | A place or time of punishment, affiction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline. | |
| CRUCIBLE | A test of the most decisive kind; a severe trial; as, the crucible of affliction. | |
| TRY | To subject to severe trial; to put to the test; to cause suffering or trouble to. | |
| TRYING | Adapted to try, or put to severe trial; severe; afflictive; as, a trying occasion or position. | |