| AGONY | Violent contest or striving |
| ALIAS | assumed name |
| ART | culinary or martial |
| BEVY | group of animals |
| BOOKING | advance order |
| BRIEFS | underpants, longjohns |
| CLIPPER | type of sailing ship |
| DAZZLE | herd |
| DECLINE | degeneracy, atrophy |
| DIVE | jump or plunge into water |
| FRAUD | trick, cheat |
| GREG | LeMond, cyclist |
| GRIP | handle |
| HELMET | hard hat |
| INS | Hormone in vertebrates |
| ISLAND | Sicily or Crete |
| JEWEL | gem, gemstone |
| JUSTINE | Henin, tennis player |
| LUG | hauling or dragging |
| MEMENTO | keepsake, memorabilia |
| NATALIE | Portman, actress |
| NIMBUS | halo |
| NIMBUS | circle of glory |
| PIECE | part, fraction |
| PUCKER | fold or wrinkle |
| SALVO | excuse |
| SORCERY | witchcraft |
| SPHERE | celestial or political |
| STRAIT | Bering or Torres |
| SUMMIT | top, overside |