| ADAGE | saying |
| ALMOND | type of tree nut |
| ARRIVAL | advent, approach |
| AWE | horror, dread |
| BIT | coin, piece |
| BOG | swamp, slough |
| BREADTH | width |
| CHAMBER | room |
| CITY | Mulhouse or Dijon |
| EGRESS | exit, outgang |
| FEUD | contention, fray |
| FIZZ | froth, head |
| FRAY | feud, broil |
| FRINGE | decorative border |
| FRUIT | pear or cranberry |
| GOLDEN | Vegas ... Knights, NHL team |
| GRANOLA | trademark |
| KINGPIN | big cheese |
| KIPPAH | yarmulke |
| LEECH | parasite, bloodsucker |
| MONARCH | sovereign, despot |
| MURPHY | Eddie, actor |
| NEVA | large river in Africa |
| NIGHT | ... at the Museum (film) |
| NOBEL | Alfred, chemist |
| PET | companion animal |
| QUINCY | John ... Adams, US president |
| REFUSE | trash, junk |
| TERM | boundary, word |
| TRIFLE | detail, minutia |