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Only four words put S second and P third, and every one of them starts with ASP.
ASPEN, ASPER, ASPIC and ASPIS all open the same way and differ only across the last two boxes. A takes four of the four, which is every entry.
That leaves the fourth letter as the first real decision. E and I each take two of the four, so it is a straight coin flip before you even look at the ending.
It is the poplar whose leaves tremble in the slightest wind, and it is the only entry here in ordinary use. ASPIC, a savoury jelly, is the next most recognisable.
An aspis is a venomous viper, and the word is the direct ancestor of asp. ASPER, an old Turkish coin, is the remaining entry and the least likely of the group.
Each of the four ends on its own letter, so the final box names the answer outright.
The leaf stalks are flattened, so the blades twist easily in moving air. The tree is sometimes called the quaking aspen for it.
A clear savoury jelly made from meat or fish stock, used to set cold dishes. It was a fixture of formal cooking for a long time.
Yes, directly. Asp is the shortened English form of the same Greek word for a venomous snake.
A small silver coin of the Ottoman Empire. The word also means rough or harsh in older English.
Zero of the four do. No letter turns up twice in any of these.