| ENID | Name that's a verb meaning "eat" backward |
| UMBLEPIE | One of the names, punningly referred to in a phrase meaning "eat your words" or "swallow your pride", for a bakemeat made from the inferior entrails or offal of a deer (5,3) |
| MIA | Girl's name that's a verb spelled backwards |
| MARC | First name that's a verb in reverse |
| SCRY | From an aphetic for "catch sight of", a verb meaning "divine by means of crystal-gazing"; or, a collective noun for a bunch, knob, lute, plump, skein, sord, sute or trip of wildfowls (4) |
| APE | Primate whose name is also a verb meaning mimic |
| BADGER | Animal whose name can also be a verb meaning nag |
| XEROX | Company whose name is now in dictionaries as a verb meaning photocopy |
| CLOSET | An old word for a small private room for prayer or study from which a verb meaning to keep something hidden or secret derives |
| BROIL | From "to burn", a verb meaning barbecue, grill or roast; or, an archaic noun for a quarrel or commotion (5) |
| STRAND | Land bordering the sea, hence a verb meaning "force on to a shore" (6) |
| RIB | Bone that's also a verb meaning "tease" |
| STEW | Hearty meal ladled into bowls or a verb meaning worry |
| STOMACH | Part of the body that's also a verb meaning "accept" |
| PROBE | Search for a verb meaning "exist" (5) |
| TOTES | Brand of umbrellas or a verb meaning carries |
| MAROON | Color that's also a verb meaning "strand" |
| MULL | Verb meaning to pulverise or crumble; to spice, sweeten and warm ale or wine; to ponder; or, as a noun, a bungle, mess or muddle; soft muslin used in bookbinding; or, a Scottish word for a promontory |
| TIVO | Brand that's a verb |
| EBAY | Website that's a verb in Pig Latin |
