| 1E | V (7) = VICTORY |
| 2E | V (4) = FIVE |
| 2S | Raid (5) = FORAY |
| 3W | French Wine (3) = VIN |
| 4E | Part of Pharoah's Domain (4) = NILE |
| 5W | Miss Oyl (5) = OLIVE |
| 6S | Vitality (5) = VERVE |
| 6S | Spoken rather than written (6) = VERBAL |
| 7S | Gasoline brand (6) = SUNOCO |
| 8N | Spy's false identity (5) = COVER |
| 8N | Man in stripes (7) = CONVICT |
| 9E | Roof overhang (4) = EAVE |
| 10S | Eager (4) = AVID |
| 11E | Raucous noise (3) = DIN |
| 12S | Young eel (5) = ELVER |
| 13E | Pay envelope rurprise (5) BONUS |
| 14N | Hereditary element (4) = GENE |
| 15N | Alistair McLean locale (8) = NAVARONE |
| 16W | Come together (8) = CONVERGE |