| HURON | River that, surprisingly, feeds Lake Erie |
| NILE | River that feeds Lake Nasser |
| SARANAC | New York river that feeds Lake Champlain |
| AARE | It feeds Lake Brienz |
| GLACIALRUNOFF | It feeds Lake Louise in Banff National Park: 2 wds. |
| OSCAR | Prize that, surprisingly, contains a large amount of tin |
| GYRATION | Twist that surprisingly brings Tory gain (8) |
| CAESARSALAD | Meal that, surprisingly, isn't named for a general |
| OSAGEORANGE | Inedible fruit that surprisingly isn't a citrus |
| BANANA | Fruit that, surprisingly, is slightly radioactive |
| ZETA | Greek letter that surprisingly isn't last |
| TOFU | Mapo ___ (Sichuan dish that, surprisingly, isn't usually vegan) |
| EMOJI | Word that surprisingly has no etymological relation to "emoticon" |
| RESTIVE | Word that surprisingly means unrelaxed |
| BEAUTYSHOP | 2005 comedy starring Queen Latifah that surprisingly didn't win an Oscar for best makeup and hairstyling? |
| THEILLUSIONIST | 2006 romantic mystery starring Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti and Jessica Biel that surprisingly didn't win an Oscar for best visual effects? |
| PITCHPERFECT | 2012 musical comedy starring Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson that surprisingly didn't win an Oscar for best sound? |
| DRESSEDTOKILL | 1980 thriller starring Michael Caine and Angie Dickinson that surprisingly didn't win an Oscar for best costume design? |
| THEFINALCUT | 2004 sci-fi thriller starring Robin Williams that surprisingly didn't win an Oscar for best film editing? |
| NEST | Home that, surprisingly, doesn't appear in the short film "Robin, Robin" |
