| AMNESIA | forgetfulness |
| CHINA | country with Beijing |
| CLONE | copia |
| DISH | plate |
| DREGS | residue, debris |
| GRINDER | for meat or pepper |
| GRITS | food made from corn |
| GROUPIE | band moll |
| GULCH | canyon, gorge |
| HALSENY | prediction, foretale |
| HATCH | horizontal door |
| HOLD | grasp or grip |
| HRYVNIA | Japan - yen, Ukraine - ? |
| INTENT | aim, scope |
| KNIFE | khukuri or machete |
| KURT | Cobain, member of Nirvana |
| LLOYD | Frank ... Wright, architect |
| NEMO | Finding ... (film) |
| OTTOMAN | footstool, pouffe |
| QUARREL | feud, contention |
| RUSSIA | CIA - USA, GRU - ? |
| SILE | column, post |
| SOUP | borsch or won ton |
| STRAP | scourge, plague |
| SUMMIT | zenith, peak |
| TALLINN | capital city in Europe |
| TASTE | smack |
| TRICK | artifice, con |
| VIII | eight |
| WAIF | castaway |