| BOARD | for circuit or chess |
| COMPLEX | Oedipus or inferiority |
| DOHA | capital in Asia |
| DREGS | lees, draff |
| DUCT | sweat or lacrimal |
| ERROR | lapse, blunder |
| FOE | adversary |
| HAJJ | Islamic pilgrimage |
| HEAD | leader, chief |
| HOLIDAY | Roman ... (film) |
| HONSHU | Japanese island |
| JAMES | Cook, sailor |
| KYLE | MacLachlan, actor |
| LESSON | lear |
| LOGBOAT | dugout |
| MOPED | motorcycle, bike |
| NAVARRA | region of Spain |
| NOVICE | greenhorn, neophyte |
| NYALA | African antelope |
| OPERA | Turandot or Tosca |
| RESULT | solution |
| RHINE | large river in Europe |
| RYDER | Winona, actress |
| SAIL | spinnaker |
| SCOURGE | thong, punishment |
| SNARE | trap |
| STATE | liquid or emotional |
| STOAT | European mammal |
| VALLEY | of Ruhr or Silicon |
| YEREVAN | capital in Asia |