| BENDER | spree, toot |
| BLUR | smear, smudge or blot |
| BRACKET | parentheses |
| CONVICT | government man |
| CUSTOM | tax, demand |
| DANCE | break or ritual |
| DANIEL | biblical prophet |
| FRAZIER | Joe, boxer |
| GASP | choke, suffocation |
| HELIX | smooth space curve |
| PEER | glance |
| PROOF | validation |
| RAP | fall |
| REFUSAL | repudiation, declination |
| SETTER | dog breed type |
| SOM | The currency of Uzbekistan |
| TRICK | artifice, con |
| TYPE | sort, nature |
| VERDICT | adjudication, sentence |
| WAY | path, road |