| ABABA | Addis ..., capital |
| AIM | proclivity, effort |
| ALICIA | Keys, singer |
| APNEA | suspension of breathing |
| BACKUP | stand-in, substitute |
| BALDR | Nordic god |
| GOLD | Au |
| HERMANN | Hesse, writer |
| HOODOO | earth pyramid |
| HYMIE | kike, sheeny |
| ICE | H₂O |
| LOLLY | money, cash |
| NERVE | optic or facial |
| PERIOD | timespan |
| RISING | disturbance, row-de-dow |
| RUSSIA | country with Moscow |
| SALT | acetate or chloride |
| SATCHEL | backpack |
| SCALES | balance |
| SPREAD | straddle |
| STEM | cane |
| STOAT | European mammal |
| STONE | brickyard - brick, quarry - ? |
| SULTANS | ... of Swing (Dire Straits) |
| SWARM | flock, congregation |
| SYNOD | council of a church |
| TOSCA | opera by Puccini |
| TRIFLE | detail, minutia |
| WAY | pass, road |
| WOMAN | female adult human |