| ALLOY | bronze or steel |
| ARIEL | Sharon, Israeli politician |
| BANQUET | entertainment, regalement |
| BANQUET | feast, regale |
| BASIS | root, source |
| BUFFOON | clown |
| CELESTA | keyboard instrument |
| CHEEK | insolence |
| ESPRIT | Spirit, enthusiasm |
| FIDGET | nervous twitching motion |
| FILBERT | hazelnut |
| FOAM | shaving or polyurethane |
| GADDAFI | Muammar, dictator |
| GLASSES | carat - diamond, dioptre - ? |
| GROUPIE | snuff queen |
| HAND | helping or poker |
| IMPULSE | push, momentum |
| JOY | feeling of happiness |
| LIU | Lucy, actress |
| MANIA | lunacy, derangement |
| MARGIN | brim, skirt |
| OHIO | US state |
| OUTCAST | exile, vagrant |
| PARTNER | companion |
| PUPIL | part of an eye |
| RAP | fall |
| SEMINAR | form of academic instruction |
| SOIL | residual or alluvial |
| TAIWAN | country with Taipei |
| WHEAT | bulgur or durum |