| BILLIE | Holiday, singer |
| BLAST | explosion |
| BLOW | snow |
| CASINO | ... Royale (Fleming) |
| CHERUB | winged angelic being |
| DEFECT | drawback, rebate |
| EBRO | large river in Europe |
| ERYKAH | Badu, singer |
| FRANZ | Liszt, composer |
| HOBBY | bird watching |
| HORSE | equine |
| JAZZMAN | one of musicians |
| KNOLL | small mound or rounded hill |
| KOSOVO | its capital is Pristina |
| LETTER | eta or kappa |
| LLEYTON | Hewitt, tennis player |
| LOT | pile, load |
| MALFOY | Draco from "Harry Potter" |
| MASTER | maestro |
| NAKBA | calamity |
| NEESON | Liam, actor |
| PRELUDE | intrada, overture |
| ROOT | origin, basis |
| SAPLING | tree |
| STAGING | performance of a play |
| TERROR | Intense dread |
| TRAIT | character, attribute |
| UNDIES | knickers |
| VIEW | vision, perception |
| WRENGTH | error |