| AMATEUR | novice, greenhorn |
| ATTACK | assault, aggression |
| CATCH | capture, collar |
| CONVICT | public servant |
| CRITTER | creature, an animal |
| DELAY | stay, policy |
| ERYKAH | Badu, singer |
| ETHAN | Hawke, actor |
| FRINGE | border, brink |
| GOLDMAN | ... Sachs, bank |
| GRANNY | nan |
| HARVEST | yield, produce |
| HUYGENS | Christiaan, astronomer |
| INDEX | lickpot, forefinger |
| KOREAN | one of Asians |
| MARINA | leisure harbor |
| MASS | critical or rest |
| MONIKER | nickname, sobriquet |
| NEST | place of refuge for animals |
| OWL | bird, symbol of wisdom |
| PEA | among vegetables |
| ROE | The eggs of fish |
| RULER | drawing instrument |
| SMITH | ... & Wesson, firearm |
| SPANDEX | elastane |
| SPIKE | umbel, raceme |
| STATICS | branch of physics |
| SUMMER | Donna, singer |
| TIDE | Crimson ... (film) |
| WHOPPER | Something remarkably large |