| ACID | sour substance |
| ANGLER | fisher, piscatorialist |
| ANSWER | response, reply |
| ANTHRAX | bacterial disease |
| BALLOON | speech bubble |
| BENIGNI | Roberto, actor |
| BORON | B |
| CAGE | coop |
| CAMEL | domesticated animal |
| CHECK | obstruction, obturation |
| COOLING | decrease in temperature |
| DYNASTY | Merovingian or Ottoman |
| HOBBY | bird watching |
| NIGERIA | country with Abuja |
| PAUL | Anka, singer |
| POLYGON | convex or concave |
| REPLY | comeback, answer |
| SAVA | large river in Europe |
| SCHULZ | Martin, German politician |
| SCOTT | Ridley, film director |
| STOP | delay, tarrying |
| TEMPO | frequency or rate |
| TERM | time, span |
| TROOPER | cavalryman, crewman |
| TROUBLE | mischief, annoyance |
| TURBAN | type of headwear |
| UNIT | inch or mile |
| VAGRANT | down-and-out, tramp |
| VEGA | Suzanne, singer |
| YEAR | light or leap |