| BARRIER | obstacle |
| BOILING | bulk phenomenon |
| BOOR | yokel |
| BUZZ | report |
| CAR | ambulance or bus |
| CHICAGO | ... Bulls, NBA team |
| COURT | appellate or supreme |
| DJOSER | name of pharaoh |
| EGRESS | way out |
| GENTRY | condition |
| GOLDIE | Hawn, actress |
| GUSTAV | Klimt, famous painter |
| HOPKINS | Bernard, boxer |
| KEATON | Michael, actor |
| KINSMAN | male relative |
| LEARNER | apprentice |
| LETTER | eta or kappa |
| POISON | toxin |
| POTSDAM | city in Germany |
| PRESTO | musical tempo |
| PUPIL | schoolgirl |
| RANK | sergeant or major |
| RICE | type of grain |
| ROT | disease, illness |
| SENEGAL | country with Dakar |
| TALE | history |
| TANGO | partner dance |
| THONG | scourge, punishment |
| TIME | Love in the ... of Cholera |
| WAY | channel, path |