| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| SPLINTERS | Slivers | |
| SOLVE | Work out slivers essentially stuck in bottom of foot | |
| STRICK | A bunch of hackled flax prepared for drawing into slivers. | |
| PLANKING | The act of splicing slivers. See Plank, v. t., 4. | |
| SPEEDER | A machine for drawing and twisting slivers to form rovings. | |
| SLUB | To draw out and twist slightly; -- said of slivers of wool. | |
| PLANK | To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing. | |
| LAP | To lay together one over another, as fleeces or slivers for further working. | |
| ROVE | To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning. | |
| TOP | A bundle or ball of slivers of comkbed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out. | |