| ABYSS | gulf, deep |
| ARGON | element with number 18 |
| ASMARA | capital of Eritrea |
| ATHENA | Greek goddess |
| BRANCH | sprig, offset |
| COACH | carriage |
| COFFEE | Irish or cappuccino |
| CONSENT | permission, assent |
| DANCE | waltz or quickstep |
| ENMITY | hostility, hatred |
| GRUB | maggot |
| GUSTO | enjoyment, vigor |
| HORSE | steed, nag |
| IRELAND | country in Europe |
| JERK | jolt, lurch |
| LEAVING | departure |
| MATCH | device for lighting fires |
| MONOCLE | corrective lens |
| MORES | customary behaviour |
| PEAK | top, apex |
| PRIVATE | military rank |
| ROD | stick |
| SALIVA | spit |
| SCOURGE | strap, plague |
| SHIELDS | Brooke, actress |
| STOCK | nation, realm |
| STONE | ironworks - steel, quarry - ? |
| THALES | of Miletus, mathematician |
| THRASH | the sound of beating |
| TORMENT | distress, anguish |