| ABILITY | competence |
| ANXIETY | worry, misgiving |
| BIHAR | state in India |
| BLUSH | rouge |
| BONHAM | Helena ... Carter, actress |
| CARE | attention, observation |
| COMMENT | spoken or written remark |
| COST | expense, charge |
| EMBRACE | putting arms around someone |
| EXIT | outgang, outway |
| FORD | Francis ... Coppola |
| GUY | bird |
| HEARTH | fireplace |
| ISLAND | Okinawa or zakynthos |
| MENU | list of food |
| MONEY | coin, jack |
| NITRO | dynamite |
| POUND | £ |
| PRIME | heyday, flower |
| PURPOSE | intent, resolve |
| RADIUM | Ra |
| SCHOLAR | guru, proficient |
| SECTION | cesarean or string |
| SHALE | cod or pod |
| SINATRA | Frank, singer |
| TOD | fox |
| TYPE | genre |
| VAULT | burial or with pole |
| VERGE | eve, boundary |
| XERXES | king of Persia |