| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| ATTAINMENTS | Skills | |
| TALENTS | Skills | |
| EXAMINER | Skills tester | |
| HONES | Fine-tunes (skills) | |
| SEACRAFT | Navigation skills | |
| CRAFTS | Manual skills | |
| HANDICRAFTS | Manual skills | |
| ABILITIES | Talents; skills | |
| HONE | Perfect (one’s skills) | |
| HON | Perfect (one’s skills) | |
| VERSATILE | Having many skills | |
| TRAIN | Teach skills in sequence | |
| RETRAINING | Teaching new skills to | |
| RETRAINED | Taught new skills to | |
| ABLE | Having the necessary skills | |
| RODEO | Display of cowboy skills | |
| RODEOS | Exhibitions of cowboy skills | |
| RETRAIN | Teach new skills to | |
| UNFIT | Lacking in skills, inappropriate | |
| ROADTEST | Performance check involving driving skills assessment? | |
| LEARN | Shakespeare’s king heads north to acquire new skills | |
| QUALIFYING | Having the required skills for winning preliminary contest | |
| TORCH | Hand on this flashlight when you teach old skills | |
| SWORDSMANSHIP | Some initial words before staff on vessel demonstrate blade skills | |
| EMBASSY | You need diplomatic skills to be part of this mission | |