| Clue/direction of alphabetic sequence | Word | Sequence |
| What most of these clues are (forward) | |
| The first country in the United Nations, alphabetically (forward) | |
| Reacting to something funny (forward) | |
| To forcibly take control of a vehicle in transit (forward) | |
| Tranquility (forward) | |
| The writing or singing of religious songs (forward) | |
| A market dominated by a single seller (forward) | |
| Superlatively bad (forward) | |
| | Clue/direction of alphabetic sequence | Word | Sequence |
| An actor who learns another's part in case of emergency (forward, 4 letters) | |
| Full, like a Thanksgiving turkey (forward AND backward) | |
| Sheets and blankets (backward) | |
| The South, during the American Civil War (backward) | |
| Ecologist's concern (backward) | |
| Answer (backward) | |
| Confections made of fried dough, typically shaped like a torus (backward) | |
| Territory in northern Canada (backward) | |
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