| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| TERRA FIRMA | Solid land (5,5) | |
| FIRM | Solid; -- opposed to fluid; as, firm land. | |
| EARTH | The solid materials which make up the globe, in distinction from the air or water; the dry land. | |
| QUAKE | To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being solid, as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind; as, the earth quakes; the mountains quake. | |
| SERBONIAN | Relating to the lake of Serbonis in Egypt, which by reason of the sand blowing into it had a deceptive appearance of being solid land, but was a bog. | |
| LAND | The solid part of the surface of the earth; -- opposed to water as constituting a part of such surface, especially to oceans and seas; as, to sight land after a long voyage. | |