| ABILITY | competence |
| ARIEL | moon of Uranus |
| AVARICE | greed, covetousness |
| DAHLIA | popular flower |
| ENTITY | thing, stuff |
| ENVOY | agent |
| FORAY | raid, incursion |
| FREON | CF₂Cl₂ |
| GLOVER | Danny, actor |
| GOGOL | Nikolai, Russian writer |
| HORSE | domesticated animal |
| ICELAND | country with Reykjavík |
| JOINT | knee or elbow |
| JOKE | amusing story |
| LAMB | young sheep |
| MIKHAIL | Gorbachev, Soviet leader |
| NADAL | Rafael, tennis player |
| ORATOR | speaker |
| PETER | Forsberg, hockey player |
| PROVOST | prior |
| ROOD | cross, crucifix |
| SAFE | coffer, strongbox |
| SCAM | confidence trick |
| SIZE | M or XXL |
| THONG | strip of leather |
| TOM | he-cat |
| TOME | story |
| VERONA | city in northern Italy |
| WELLS | HG, writer |
| WOUND | injury where the skin is torn |