| BELARUS | its capital is Minsk |
| CLOUD | Oort or altostratus |
| CUMIN | popular spice |
| DEALER | croupier |
| DIRT | soil |
| DODO | extinct bird |
| ENGINE | motor |
| ERBIUM | Er |
| FEUD | rupture, quarrel |
| FORCE | gravitational |
| FOREST | timber |
| GREECE | country in Europe |
| HANGING | necktie party |
| HAZEL | deciduous tree |
| HYUNDAI | Korean car brand |
| JIMMY | Carter, US president |
| JOLT | jerk |
| JOUST | tilt |
| KEATON | Buster, actor |
| LAPSE | slip |
| LIMIT | bound, border |
| LOVE | baby, sweetheart |
| MARKET | bazaar, fair |
| OWNER | holder |
| PAPER | money, pennies |
| ROOM | dining or living |
| SQUAD | military unit size |
| TETANUS | lockjaw |
| THUMB | digit I |
| WELLS | HG, writer |