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Only five words hold M second and U third, and all of them are in current use.
AMUSE, AMUCK, SMUTS, SMUSH and EMULE make up the whole page. Most groups this size are padded with dialect and technical terms, and this one is not.
AMUSE is the entry a puzzle will want almost every time. AMUCK is the older spelling of amok and still appears in the phrase run amuck.
A opens two of the five and S opens two, with E taking the last one. The fourth box spreads across four letters, so nothing repeats there.
E closes two of the five, which is the only ending that appears more than once in the group.
Both are accepted. AMOK is the commoner modern spelling, and only AMUCK has five letters, so only AMUCK fits here.
To squash or crush something into a soft mass. It is informal but widely understood.
Specks of soot, and also a group of fungal plant diseases. The second sense is standard in agriculture.
A rival or someone who emulates another, an old formation from the same root as emulate.
Zero of the five do, so every box holds a different letter throughout the group.