| VERBOTEN | German for forbidden (8) |
| REEFER | Cold room for forbidden smoke (6) |
| HAREM | Word that comes from the Arabic for "forbidden place" |
| TABOO | Word for forbidden that sounds like the star in the picture |
| STREUSEL | From the German for "sprinkle", a crumbly topping for apple cakes, fruit pies, muffins or rich pastries (8) |
| COMPOSER | German, for example, like Berlin (8) |
| EUROPEAN | German, for example (8) |
| SCHNAPPS | Liquor like Goldschlager, from the German for "mouthful" (8) |
| ZWIEBACK | Small type of rusk whose name derives from the German for 'twice-baked' (8) |
| SPRECHEN | German for to speak |
| STRUDELS | Pastries from the German for "whirlpool" |
| GERANIUM | You and I confuse the German for flower |
| GUTENTAG | German for 'good day' |
| 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) |
