| ONONESMIND | Occupying the brain |
| TAKLAMAKAN | Desert of Central Asia and one of the largest sandy deserts in the world, occupying the central part of the Tarim Basin in the Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. (5,5) |
| OMANI | Native of the country occupying the southeastern coast of the Arabian peninsula (5) |
| TABASCO | Chilli pepper variety of the species Capsicum frutescens occupying the same range as cayenne on the Scoville heat scale (7) |
| OSAGE | Member of the Native American people, once occupying the Missouri valley (5) |
| SABAH | State of Malaysia, occupying the northern part of Borneo and numerous offshore islands in the South China and Sulu Seas (5) |
| OCTAVE | Series of eight notes occupying the interval between two notes one having twice the picth (6) |
| CANADA | One of the countries occupying the northern part of North America |
| ROOK | Any one of four chess pieces occupying the corner squares at the beginning of a game (4) |
| NORWAY | Kingdom in Europe, occupying the western part of the Scandinavian peninsula (6) |
| UPPER | --- class, group of people occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy (5) |
| YUCATAN | A state of south-eastern Mexico, occupying the northern part of the _ peninsula (7) |
| ANATOLIA | Asian part of Turkey occupying the peninsula between the Black Sea, Aegean and Mediterranean (8) |
| STONEAGE | Person occupying the boards even before The Good Old Days! (5-3) |
| HAITI | Republic occupying the west part of Hispaniola in the Caribbean (5) |
| SWEDEN | Kingdom in north-west Europe occupying the eastern part of the Scandinavian peninsula (6) |
| PORTUGAL | Country occupying the western part of the Iberian peninsula (8) |
| STOOL | Could be the lost love occupying the seat (5) |
| INSITU | Occupying the original position (2,4) |
| ESAU | Hairy man occupying the sauna (4) |
