| ASMARA | capital of Eritrea |
| BELGIUM | its capital is Brussels |
| CAP | beret or fez |
| CAUDATA | order of amphibians |
| COSTUME | outfit |
| COURSE | racetrack |
| DANTE | Alighieri, writer |
| DIVAN | sofa, lounge |
| EBB | decrease, reduction |
| ELEMENT | part, component |
| GRAZ | city in Austria |
| IDLING | act of nothing or no work |
| JOB | appointment |
| KNIGHT | sir |
| MASTER | guru, virtuoso |
| MILAN | Kundera, writer |
| MULL | thin, soft muslin |
| MUTTER | mumble |
| OUTCAST | exile, vagrant |
| PAYNIM | pagan |
| PEP | Energy, high spirits |
| PISCARY | fisher, angler |
| SHIMON | Peres, Israeli politician |
| SILE | column, post |
| SIXTEEN | 4² |
| SNUB | deliberate affront or slight |
| STAR | morning or movie |
| SUNS | Phoenix ..., NBA team |
| SWAG | loop of draped fabric |
| WAY | track, passage |