| ACCOUNT | description, narration |
| ALIAS | pseudonym |
| BORDER | edge, margin |
| CANVAS | background |
| EDGE | rim, border |
| FOE | opponent, enemy |
| GROOVE | slot, mortise |
| GROUNDS | dregs, rabble |
| HASTE | Speed |
| HAVOC | destruction, subversion |
| HAWN | Goldie, actress |
| JIMMY | Connors, tennis player |
| KING | Oedipus the ... (Sophocles) |
| LINE | rope, string |
| MARIAH | Carey, singer |
| MESS | tangle, knot |
| MONTH | February or April |
| NECK | nape |
| PAUL | Simon, singer |
| PEAT | turf |
| RIGA | capital city in Europe |
| RINGING | banding |
| RIP | cut, tear |
| RUNT | dwarf, pygmy |
| SORTIE | issue |
| STAGE | phase |
| SYDNEY | city in Australia |
| TOM | Jones, singer |
| TOSCA | opera by Puccini |
| WEEK | hebdomad, sennight |