| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| PROVISOS | Stipulations | |
| TERMS | Expressions seen in contract stipulations | |
| COVENANT | A mutual agreement of two or more persons or parties, or one of the stipulations in such an agreement. | |
| PENALTY | The suffering, or the sum to be forfeited, to which a person subjects himself by covenant or agreement, in case of nonfulfillment of stipulations; forfeiture; fine. | |
| UNDERTAKE | Specifically, to take upon one's self solemnly or expressly; to lay one's self under obligation, or to enter into stipulations, to perform or to execute; to covenant; to contract. | |
| HOSTAGE | A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released. | |
| STIPULATION | ..., or condition, in a mutual agreement; as, the stipulations of the allied powers to furnish each his contingent of troops. ... | |