| NIE | German for 'never' |
| MERCOURI | Melina ?, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Never on Sunday; Minister for Culture of Greece from 1981-89 and 1993-94 |
| SYNCOPE | "Ne'er" for "Never," e.g. |
| EVER | Kill Hannah "For Never & ___" |
| YEAR | "Best Friends for Never" Dropout ___ |
| ROMEO | 'For never was a story of more woe, Than this of Juliet and her ...' |
| EPILOG | "For never was a story of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo" e.g. |
| MOREWOE | In 5.3, the Prince ends the play by summarizing the story: "For never was a story of ___ ___ Than this of Juliet and her Romeo." |
| HOGWARTS | School whose motto is Latin for "Never tickle a sleeping dragon" |
| WOE | "For never was a story of more ___ than this of Juliet and her Romeo": Shakespeare |
| WALLETBEHINDTHEEARS | Elephant's trick for never losing his money and ID? |
| HAMMERKLAVIER | Name for a Beethoven sonata, from the German for "fortepiano" |
| KLANG | German for "sound", used by some music theorists as a name for a "chord of nature" |
| LIFE | Word, related to the German for "body", for one's course of existence; fauna and flora collectively; a painting of a real, rather than imaginary, model; or, a biography (4) |
| POODLE | From the German for "puddle hound" or "splash in water", an often highly pampered pooch, originally bred as a water dog for hunting (6) |
| BOWER | From the Old English for "dwelling" and the German for "birdcage", a shady spot under trees in a wood or a garden; a picturesque country cottage; or, a lady's private boudoir (5) |
| CHIC | Believed to be borrowed from the German for "skill", a French word for elegance and style in dress (4) |
| KRAFT | From the German for "strength", tough wrapping paper for bouquets, grocery bags, parcels etc (5) |
| POKER | Thought to be related to the German for "brag", the name of a card game of bluff and skill; a bugbear; a mace-bearer; a salamander for stirring a fire; or, a stiff person (5) |
| STROLLS | From the German for "vagrants" or "vagabonds", a word for ambles, rambles, saunters or wanderings (7) |