| Absolutely essential |
CRUCIAL |
| Ballroom dance of Cuban origin |
RUMBA |
| Chinese dish with bean sprouts |
CHOPSUEY |
| Decisive defeat |
ROUT |
| Elizabethan frill |
RUFF |
| Fast electronic music |
TECHNO |
| Frozen continent |
ANTARCTIC |
| Jan 1 to Dec 31 |
CALENDARYEAR |
| Japanese religion |
SHINTO |
| Japanese woman trained to entertain men |
GEISHA |
| Light comedy with improbable boudoir antics |
BEDROOMFARCE |