| ACORN | nut of the oak tree |
| ANXIETY | disquiet, foreboding |
| BERTOLT | Brecht, writer |
| CARMEN | Electra, actress |
| CHEYNE | acorn |
| CULM | slack |
| DICTATE | order or command |
| ENERGY | power |
| ETHOS | Greek word for "character" |
| GAGARIN | Yuri, astronaut |
| GRANT | Ulysses, US president |
| HERD | dazzle |
| HOSKINS | Bob, actor |
| HOUSING | lodging |
| LIFE | is Beautiful (R. Benigni) |
| MARIAH | Carey, singer |
| MARIMBA | percussion instrument |
| MASERU | capital of Lesotho |
| ORATORY | public speaking |
| PROVOST | viceroy |
| ROY | Orbison, singer |
| RUBLE | Mexico - peso, Russia - ? |
| RUBLES | currencies with "rouble" |
| RUSSIA | peso - Mexico, ruble - ? |
| SHALE | shell or husk |
| SPASM | fit, crick |
| STRAP | thong |
| TIBER | large river in Europe |
| TRUSTEE | fiduciary |
| WELCOME | greeting |