| BONE | rib |
| CALL | telephone or crank |
| CROCK | banger |
| CRYSTAL | grain |
| DEED | act |
| DINGBAT | typographic symbol |
| EMIR | Russia - knyaz, Arabia - ? |
| FLORIDA | US state |
| FUN | diversion, enjoyment |
| HERB | Basil or marjoram |
| KING | ... Lear, Shakespeare's play |
| ODENSE | city in Denmark |
| PARSLEY | culinary herb |
| PESCI | Joe, actor |
| PITCHER | bowler |
| PLAGUE | pestilence, pest |
| SENSE | meaning |
| SLIDER | minihamburger |
| SOLOIST | one of musicians |
| SPANK | smack, slap |
| SPEECH | monologue, soliloquy |
| SPOGGY | sparrow |
| STRIP | Mobius or landing |
| SWANK | Hilary, actress |
| THRUST | dart, grab |
| TOSHIRO | Mifune, actor |
| TREATY | protocol |
| VIRUS | HIV or Ebola |
| VOTE | franchise |
| WILLIAM | Faulkner, writer |