| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| SMOTHER | Stifle | |
| GAG | Stifle | |
| SCOTCH | Stifle (rumour) | |
| STIFLED | Of Stifle | |
| STIFLING | Of Stifle | |
| QUERKEN | To stifle or choke. | |
| SCOMFISH | To suffocate or stifle; to smother. | |
| SUFFOCATIVE | Tending or able to choke or stifle. | |
| STRANGLE | To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner. | |
| CHOKE | To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle. | |
| SUFFOCATE | To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother. | |
| SMUDGE | To stifle or smother with smoke; to smoke by means of a smudge. | |
| STIFLE | To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame. | |
| EXTINGUISH | To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right. | |