| AIM | undertaking, goal |
| ANCIENT | very old |
| BOTTLE | container of liquids |
| CISTERN | sub-terran water storage |
| CLIMAX | acme, culmination |
| COBALT | element with number 27 |
| CRIME | felony or bribery |
| DIARY | journal |
| DOUBT | hesitation |
| DRAVA | large river in Europe |
| FESCUE | pointer |
| FIGHT | with pillow or knife |
| JAMES | Dean, actor |
| LAPSE | slip, fault |
| LIFT | air |
| LONER | anchoret, solitary |
| MERCURY | one of planets |
| MILK | goats' or soya |
| POINT | turning or boiling |
| POTENCY | strength, expertise |
| RAKE | consist |
| REDHEAD | ranga, bloodnut |
| SAFFRON | crocus |
| SIREN | crooner |
| STABLE | pigpen, pigsty |
| SULKY | for harness races |
| TAX | from income or property |
| TERRIER | Yorkshire or bull |
| WON | Ukraine - hryvnia, Korea - ? |
| ZING | twee, zip |