| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| TRIES | Strives | |
| EMULATES | Strives to equal | |
| STRIVER | One who strives. | |
| STRIPES | Strives to take president’s lead for victory honours | |
| AFFECTER | One who affects, assumes, pretends, or strives after. | |
| EMULATOR | One who emulates, or strives to equal or surpass. | |
| BANDY | To content, as at some game in which each strives to drive the ball his own way. | |
| PICKTHANK | One who strives to put another under obligation; an officious person; hence, a flatterer. Used also adjectively. | |