| ABYSS | swallow |
| ACV | hovercraft |
| ASSAD | Bashar al-..., dictator |
| BAG | sack |
| BIRD | magpie or stork |
| BOURGES | city in France |
| BULL | dude, cat |
| BUSHEL | unit of volume |
| CANDY | rock sugar |
| CHARM | attraction |
| DETOUR | diversion on a route |
| EDEN | East of ... (film) |
| FEAST | banquet, treat |
| FLORIDA | US state |
| GODDESS | Demeter or Hestia |
| LANKA | Sri ..., country in Asia |
| LEBANON | country with Beirut |
| MONICA | Belucci, actress |
| PEAK | top, apex |
| PEDDLER | travelling vendor of goods |
| PEEL | rind |
| PEST | scourge, nuisance |
| PETE | Sampras, tennis player |
| SADDAM | Hussein, dictator |
| STATE | accident, mode |
| UPTAKE | comprehension |
| VERDICT | sentence, pronouncement |
| WAY | artery, route |
| WHIP | flail, lash |
| WRENGTH | error |