| BACKING | Support, especially financial |
| BREAST | chest |
| BROMINE | Br |
| CARTIER | Jacques, sailor |
| COBBLER | makes shoes |
| DAIRY | milkhouse |
| DARNER | dragonfly, spindle |
| DEEP | ... Purple, rock band |
| FOUNDRY | fab |
| GALENA | PbS |
| GIGGLE | high-pitched, silly laugh |
| GROSS | 144 |
| IDOL | god, icon |
| LARCENY | type of crime |
| LAW | Ohm's or criminal |
| LURCH | jerk, jump |
| MACHINE | The Time ... (Wells) |
| MAHATMA | ... Gandhi |
| PEAK | zenith |
| PUPIL | student, follower |
| RADIUS | human bone |
| RAFT | lifeboat |
| ROOM | part of a house |
| RUNNER | Blade ... (film) |
| SIENA | model of Fiat |
| SILVER | Ag |
| SLAM | insult, pejorative |
| SWAG | loop of draped fabric |
| VESICA | bladder |
| WARNING | caveat, caution |