| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| BEWILDERED | Taken aback | |
| ASTONISHED | Taken aback | |
| SURPRISED | Taken aback | |
| ASTOUNDED | Taken aback | |
| AMAZED | Taken aback | |
| ENGAGE | Secure services of inside leg? Agnes taken aback! | |
| CHAPEL | To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) so to turn or make a circuit as to recover, without bracing the yards, the same tack on which she had been sailing. | |