| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| AGONISING | Very painful | |
| TORTUROUS | Very painful | |
| MORTAL | Very painful or tedious; wearisome; as, a sermon lasting two mortal hours. | |
| SHARP | Very trying to the feelings; piercing; keen; severe; painful; distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air. | |
| CARBUNCLE | A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck, characterized by brawny hardness of ... | |
| TO | In a very general way, and with innumerable varieties of application, to connects transitive verbs with their remoter or indirect object, and a... | |