| CANE | sugar or rattan |
| COATING | thin outer layer |
| DIRE | ... Straits, rock band |
| DORIAN | The Picture of ... Gray |
| EAST | Middle or Near |
| FLUTE | piccolo |
| FUEL | diesel or fossil |
| HAJJ | pilgrimage to Mecca |
| HISTORY | ancient or natural |
| INSULT | abuse, contumely |
| JAGGER | Mick of The Rolling Stones |
| JULES | Verne, writer |
| MAUSER | firearm manufacturer |
| MINE | wood - sawmill, coal - ? |
| MIRE | moist, spongy earth |
| MUSTER | Gathering |
| NATION | Czechs or Serbs |
| PASTEUR | Louis, chemist |
| PATTERN | prototype, last |
| PEN | writing implement |
| POLISH | wax |
| RODIN | Auguste, sculptor |
| SHOOT | new plant growth |
| STAN | Laurel, actor |
| STONE | sawmill - wood, quarry - ? |
| STOOP | verandah, porch |
| TURNER | Tina, singer |
| TWINS | Castor and Pollux |
| UNION | alliance, affinity |
| WHEW | zing, twee |