| AIM | intention, scope |
| APPLE | one of fruits |
| BRINK | edge |
| BRUINS | Boston, NHL team |
| BUTTER | cocoa or clarified |
| CIA | Russia - GRU, USA - ? |
| CLEESE | John, actor |
| CLOCK | watch |
| COAST | strand, shore |
| DOLL | poppet |
| EMPEROR | Claudius or Commodus |
| ETHAN | Coen, film director |
| FEZ | checheya, tarboosh |
| FOUNDRY | fab |
| GENRE | type, class |
| GIGGLE | laughter, guffaw |
| KHARKIV | city in Ukraine |
| KILLER | assassin |
| KITTEN | fox cub |
| LISA | Kudrow, actress |
| LUNACY | craziness, madness |
| MONICA | Belucci, actress |
| SCREEN | curtain, shade |
| TERM | span, boundary |
| TEXT | letter or novel |
| THROE | agony, pang |
| UNCLE | ... Vanya (Chekhov) |
| UPSHOT | summary |
| VERGE | confine, eve |
| ZENITH | apex |