| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| STOUT | Thickset | |
| STUBBY | Thickset | |
| NUGGETY | Thickset | |
| SQUATTER | More thickset | |
| DENSE | Compressed, thickset | |
| CHUNKIER | More thickset | |
| STOCKIER | More thickset | |
| BULLDOG | Thickset hound | |
| STOCKY | Thickset, often short | |
| THICKSET | Close planted; as, a thickset wood; a thickset hedge. | |
| VERRICULATE | Having thickset tufts of parallel hairs, bristles, or branches. | |
| GNAR | A knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset man; -- written also gnarr. | |