| BARGAIN | stipulation, purchase |
| BUSTER | Keaton, actor |
| CHASE | Chevy, actor |
| DANCE | waltz or quickstep |
| DIVIDER | denominator |
| EAGLE | golden or bald |
| GERALD | Ford, US president |
| GURU | connoisseur, ace |
| HOUSTON | ... Rockets, NBA team |
| JEAN | Cocteau, French writer |
| JOHN | Stuart Mill, philosopher |
| JUMP | long or high |
| MAGIC | spellcraft |
| MARSH | moor, morass |
| MISERY | calamity, ill-luck |
| PAIN | pest |
| PIERRE | de Fermat, mathematician |
| PRANK | jest, witticism |
| RAFTING | one of extreme sports |
| REFUSAL | repudiation, declination |
| RIM | verge, extreme |
| ROBERT | Englund, actor |
| SALAD | dish of raw vegetables |
| SALVO | exception |
| SHANK | pigsticker |
| SHEEP | black or merino |
| SHOTGUN | type of firearm |
| TEMPO | allegretto |
| WARNING | Memento mori |
| WOOD | quarry - stone, sawmill - ? |