| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| ABRADING | Wearing away | |
| EROSION | Wearing away | |
| GNAWING | Wearing away | |
| ABLATION | Wearing away; superficial waste. | |
| DETRITION | A wearing off or away. | |
| EROSIVE | Cupid, I have been wearing away! | |
| CORROSIVE | That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually. | |
| SAP | To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of. | |
| COMMINUTION | Gradual diminution by the removal of small particles at a time; a lessening; a wearing away. | |
| ABRASION | The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins. | |
| DISINTEGRATION | The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc. | |