| ALLY | friend |
| ATTEMPT | endeavour, try |
| BARON | noble title |
| BEGGAR | panhandler, truant |
| BRONSON | Charles, actor |
| CLUE | hunch, inkling |
| CUSHION | pillow, pad |
| DARE | challenge to prove courage |
| DOCTOR | spin or witch specialist |
| ESSEN | city in Germany |
| ETHOS | Greek word for "character" |
| FIASCO | debacle |
| GRAIN | crystal |
| GRATER | tool to grind something |
| IDOL | pagan, god |
| JACQUES | Cartier, sailor |
| NURTURE | fostering, raising |
| PUSHKIN | Alexander, Russian writer |
| RAGTIME | music genre |
| REDNECK | hick, peckerwood |
| RENE | Russo, actress |
| RIGA | capital city in Europe |
| SHEEN | Charlie, actor |
| SMOKE | cig |
| SPORT | ice hockey |
| STARR | Ringo from The Beatles |
| SUBWAY | metro |
| TERMITE | white ant |
| THORIUM | Th |
| VOLUME | space |