| TOTEN | "On a scale from one ___" |
| GRADE | In the UK, a music exam on a scale from 1 to 8; or, a category given to a listed building, I, II* or IIA (5) |
| RATE | Put on a scale from one to ten |
| APS | Exams scored on a scale from 1 to 5 |
| RATES | Uses a scale from one to 10 |
| POLITIFACT | Website whose "Truth-o-Meter" ranks claims on a scale from "True" to "Pants on Fire" |
| ONETO | "On a scale from ___ ten ...": 2 wds. |
| TOFU | Protein categorized on a scale from "silken" to "super-firm" |
| ONA | ___ scale from one to ten ...: 2 wds. |
| RAMP | Word whose etymological ascent from "clambering, climbing" to "crime" scales from the heraldic posture of a rearing lion to a slope in a walkway, a sleeping policeman and a moveable staircase to a mod |
| PHENOL | Aromatic compound produced on a large scale from petroleum (6) |
| ACIDS | Corrosive fluids on the opposite end of the pH scale from alkalis |
| SOL | Bit of scale from tailless fish (3) |
| CLIMB | Scale from top of crocodile leg |
| LADDER | Scale from large snake (6) |
| HAMISH | Mistake around third note in scale from pianist Milne (6) |
| WHIRLWINDS | Small-diameter columnar vortices of rapidly swirling air that range in scale from small eddies that form in the lee of buildings to fire storms, waterspouts, and tornadoes. (10) |
| CLIMBS | Scales from crocodile's front legs? |
| WORST | One, on a scale of one to ten, often |
| DEGREES | Based on the Latin for "steps", a word for gradations on a scale; or, medieval doctorates or masterships attained in stages, later awards conferred by universities (7) |
