| AGONY | anguish, torment |
| ATTACK | raid, foray |
| ATTEMPT | effort, trial |
| BASH | gala event |
| BULLS | Chicago ..., NBA team |
| CHESS | two-player board game |
| COOP | cage |
| COSINE | trigonometric function |
| CRAW | crop |
| CROONER | siren |
| DEPUTY | proxy |
| DESIGN | aim, end |
| DONNA | mistress, lady |
| FUEL | diesel or fossil |
| FUSE | electronic component |
| GELATIN | jelly |
| GIRONA | city in Spain |
| GUY | bull, bro |
| HUNCH | inkling, hint |
| LESOTHO | country with Maseru |
| LICENSE | allowance, indulgence |
| NAME | last or maiden |
| OMAN | its capital is Muscat |
| PLY | layer of material |
| PUCKER | fold or wrinkle |
| RISOTTO | Italian rice dish |
| SINNER | trespasser, reprobate |
| SOIL | earth |
| UNCLE | ... Vanya (Chekhov) |
| VINCENT | van Gogh |