| BIRD | stork or kiwi |
| BOWL | toilet or dust |
| CONSENT | agreement, willingness |
| DARTS | throwing game |
| EMIR | Russia - knyaz, Arabia - ? |
| FALLS | Victoria or Tugela |
| FART | bottom burp |
| FRAILTY | perishableness |
| FYODOR | Dostoyevsky, Russian writer |
| HOODOO | earth pillar |
| IVICA | Kostelic, skier |
| KINGPIN | big enchilada |
| LAPSE | error, blunder |
| METE | term, season |
| MIA | Farrow, actress |
| MIND | consciousness |
| POPLAR | deciduous tree |
| POSE | stance |
| QUINCY | John ... Adams, US president |
| RODDICK | Andy, tennis player |
| SCHEME | plan, theory |
| SEA | Aegean or Dead |
| SENSE | common or sixth |
| STAGING | performance of a play |
| STEEL | stainless or carbon |
| STRIKER | attacker |
| SWANSEA | city in Wales |
| SYDNEY | city in Australia |
| WHEW | zing, twee |
| WIN | profit |