| ABYSS | swallow |
| AGONY | pang, throe |
| ANIMAL | dog or cat |
| ART | figurative or culinary |
| ATRIUM | cavaedium |
| BABY | cub |
| DRILL | dentist's tool |
| EMOTION | awe or relief |
| FLOWER | bloom |
| FLUX | magnetic or luminous |
| GEORGIA | country with Tbilisi |
| GODLORE | mythology |
| GYPSUM | CaSO₄·2H₂O |
| INFANCY | period of childhood |
| JAN | van Eyck, painter |
| LAOS | country with Vientiane |
| LIGHTER | Zippo |
| MARS | one of planets |
| MODERN | contemporary |
| NOLTE | Nick, actor |
| OPERA | La traviata or Turandot |
| PISTOL | arrow - bow, bullet - ? |
| RHETT | Butler, actor |
| ROPE | line, thread |
| RUSE | ploy |
| RYAN | Gosling, actor |
| SIPHON | device |
| SPASSKY | Boris, chess player |
| TANK | fish or water |
| WAR | Trojan or Gulf |