| SUI | His, pronoun gen. sing. or nom. pl. |
| COLLI | Neck (2nd n. gen. sing.) or hillock (3rd m. dat., abl. sing.) |
| ALICUIUS | Of a certain someone, pronoun gen. sing. common gender |
| SUO | His pronoun, dat. and abl. sing. |
| PSEUDONYM | From "false name", word for an alias or nom de plume assumed by an author or other incognito (9) |
| STENDHAL | Eliot initially turned up new handle or nom de plume (8) |
| VIRI | Man (nom. pl, gen. sing.), poison (gen. sing.) |
| MEI | 1st person sing. possessive pronoun masc. nom. pl and gen.sing. |
| PLACANDI | Appeasing, gerundive masc. nom. pl. or masc./neut. gen. sing |
| SALSI | Salty, and therefore, witty adj. masc. nom. pl. or gen. sing. |
| TUI | 2nd pers. sing. possessive adj., m. nom. pl and gen. sing. |
| GENUS | Birth, family, 3rd nom., acc. sing. or knee, 4th decl. gen. sing. |
| PACTI | Masc. nom. pl or gen. sing. perf. ppl. paciscor and pango — agreed? |
| DUCTURI | Duco, ~ere, duxi fut. ppl. gen. sing., nom. pl. |
| HUMANI | Kind and civilized, adj., m. nom. pl., m. gen. sing. |
| TECTAE | Covered ergo hidden, adj. fem. nom. pl., gen. sing. |
| ARCANI | Adj., secret, private, m. gen. sing., nom. pl |
| AMICITIAE | Friendship, matiness (1st decl. gen. sing., nom. pl.) |
| PASSURI | Pando, I spread, and patior, I suffer, gen. sing., nom. pl. fut. ppl. |
| TURRITA | Towered: adj. fem. nom./abl. sing or neut. nom./acc. pl. |
