| ADDICT | slave |
| APNEA | suspension of breathing |
| BEATING | bashing |
| CANASTA | card game |
| CLASS | type, group |
| CRACKER | crispy baked bread |
| DEMAND | imposition |
| DUFFER | incompetent or clumsy person |
| EFFORT | attempt |
| ENERGY | kinetic or solar |
| EXTRACT | deduction |
| GAMA | Vasco da ..., sailor |
| GARCIA | Gabriel ... Marquez |
| HORMONE | somatotropic or growth |
| KAPPA | Greek letter |
| MANACLE | handcuff |
| MUSE | Pierian spring |
| NETWORK | computer or espionage |
| OFFER | proposal |
| PAPACY | The office of the pope |
| PASTIME | amusement |
| PIZZA | Italian dish |
| POLICY | foreign or zero-tolerance |
| QUEBEC | province in Canada |
| REGULAR | habitué, frequenter |
| RETORT | reply, comeback |
| SHOCK | Sudden, heavy impact |
| SPASM | paroxysm, cramp |
| TAYLOR | Zachary, US president |
| WANE | decrease, diminution |