| Hold power |
RULE |
| Industrious insect |
ANT |
| Informal language |
SLANG |
| Kitchen device |
TIMER |
| Like argon |
INERT |
| Massage setting |
SPA |
| Mat word |
WELCOME |
| Mine section |
SHAFT |
| Minimal money |
CENT |
| Moves carefully |
EASES |
| New York cager |
KNICK |
| Oscar winner Guinness |
ALEC |
| Pantomimes |
ACTSOUT |
| Period of history |
AGE |
| Recorded novel, e.g. |
TALKINGBOOK |
| Sailor's septet |
SEAS |
| Sean of 'The Lord of the Rings' |
ASTIN |
| Serpents |
SNAKES |
| Shoulder muscles, for short |
DELTS |
| Soup stock |
BROTH |
| Spy |
AGENT |
| TV anchor, e.g. |
TALKINGHEAD |
| TV vampire |
ANGEL |
| Wildebeest |
GNU |
| Wrestling duo |
TAGTEAM |