| ACT | exploit, feat |
| ALPACA | domesticated animal |
| ASYLUM | sanctuary |
| BANDING | ringing |
| BLUNDER | error, fluff |
| BREAKER | wrecker, ruiner |
| CANCER | zodiac sign |
| DIVIDER | object that separates |
| DIXIE | billy |
| DOSE | recall or lethal |
| EFFORT | aim, direction |
| FEUD | rupture, quarrel |
| GENTRY | rank by birth |
| GNAWING | distress, agony |
| GRAVE | mausoleum, burial |
| INSECT | bee or ant |
| JAMIE | Lee Curtis, actress |
| LIFT | of face or aerodynamic |
| NATION | Romanians or Italians |
| NERVE | optic or auditory |
| NICOLAS | Cage, actor |
| PRISON | jail |
| RAIDERS | ... of the Lost Ark |
| ROOF | Fiddler on the ... (theater) |
| SAUNA | firebath |
| SUZUKI | Japanese car brand |
| TOOTH | canine, fang |
| USE | nait, note |
| VOLLEY | salvo |
| WEASEL | European mammal |