| AIM | aspiration, design |
| AUGUR | seer |
| BATTLE | war, conflict |
| BUFF | lover, fan |
| CHAMBER | burial or hyperbaric |
| CREST | comb, cockscomb |
| EVASION | equivocation |
| EVENING | night |
| FINISH | the end of anything |
| GRIEF | dole, anguish |
| HADDOCK | fish species |
| IDLING | act of nothing or no work |
| LICENCE | for driving or hunting |
| LOYALTY | allegiance, fidelity |
| NICOLAS | Sarkozy, French politician |
| POLICY | foreign or zero-tolerance |
| PORE | void |
| PRINCE | noble title |
| QUART | unit of volume |
| RODDICK | Andy, tennis player |
| SLANG | dialect, vernacular |
| SOAK | immersion in water |
| SPRUIK | barker |
| STEEL | mine - coal, ironworks - ? |
| THROE | pang, gripe |
| VADUZ | capital of Liechtenstein |
| VOVEL | A or U |
| WIDTH | breadth |
| WIFE | spouse, partner |
| YOUTH | Sonic ..., rock band |