| ACADEMY | university |
| AIM | drift, intent |
| BACKUP | reserve |
| BAGEL | bread product |
| CONSENT | yes |
| COUNTRY | Iran or Jordan |
| CROAK | harsh sound |
| DISEASE | affliction |
| EATING | consuming, dining |
| ERA | Paleozoic or Cenozoic |
| GUMP | Forrest ... |
| HOLIDAY | Roman ... (film) |
| LEPROSY | bacterial disease |
| LIFE | ... of Pi (film) |
| LIGNITE | type of rock |
| LINEAGE | extraction |
| LORD | of the Flies (Golding) |
| MIGUEL | de Cervantes, writer |
| MIKE | microphone |
| MISTAKE | error |
| NATION | state, people |
| PROMISE | oath |
| PURPOSE | end, design |
| SANDBAR | shoal |
| SIR | knight |
| SLUSH | Half-melted snow |
| SORROW | grief, misery |
| STAIN | discoloured spot or area |
| STUDY | learning |
| TABES | consumption, expenditure |