| APOLOGY | excuse |
| BUN | cupcake |
| CLOCK | timepiece |
| CONTEXT | background |
| DECIM | tithe |
| FOIL | very thin sheet of metal |
| FUGUE | musical form |
| GAFFE | lapse, fluff |
| GAL | lass, girl |
| GEORGE | Bush, US president |
| GUSTAVE | Flaubert, writer |
| IRON | ferrum |
| ISAAC | Newton, physycist |
| JIMMY | Carter, US president |
| JOURNEY | tour, jaunt |
| KINGDOM | regnum |
| MAST | part of a sailing ship |
| NEWLING | novice, learner |
| QUITO | capital of Ecuador |
| ROURKE | Mickey, actor |
| RYAN | Lochte, swimmer |
| SEINE | river in France |
| SEXTON | sacristan |
| SHAWNEE | North American Indians |
| SPIGOT | tap, handle |
| STAIN | discoloured spot or area |
| TUNISIA | country in Africa |
| VIRGIN | vestal |
| WEASLEY | Ron from "Harry Potter" |
| WORRY | strong feeling of anxiety |