| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| GYRATION | Spiral motion | |
| STRIP | The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion. | |
| SNAIL | A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock. | |
| RIFLE | A gun, the inside of whose barrel is grooved with spiral channels, thus giving the ball a rotary motion and insuring greater accuracy of fire. ... | |
| WHIRLWIND | A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center... | |
| SCREW | ...a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral groove between o... | |