| ASTON | ... Martin, English car brand |
| BENEFIT | help, assistance |
| BITE | sting |
| BRANCH | bough, sprig |
| CHARM | talisman, amulet |
| COLUMN | vertebral or of newspaper |
| DELAY | the Fabian |
| FLANGE | rim, confine |
| FRECKLE | lentigo, ephelis |
| GUT | innards, tharm |
| HORMONE | gastrointestinal |
| IRAN | country with Tehran |
| ITEM | object, thing |
| JONES | Tommy Lee, actor |
| LADY | Gaga, singer |
| MADAM | donna, mistress |
| MANTIS | rearhorse |
| MARSH | moor, morass |
| METEOR | falling star |
| MIND | psyche, intellect |
| OPINION | view, sentiment |
| PASTURE | land used for grazing |
| REGARD | attention, care |
| SARTRE | Jean-Paul, French writer |
| SPHERE | celestial or political |
| SPIKE | raceme, cluster |
| SYRIA | country with Damascus |
| TANK | fighting vehicle |
| TIRANA | capital city in Europe |
| WALLOP | heavy blow, punch |