| QUECHUA | A people in South America - or a brand name in Decathlon? (7) |
| ORIYA | A member of a people in India living in Orissa and neighboring areas. |
| IBOS | Member of a people in southeast Nigeria |
| TEMPERAMENT | Met up with a people in lively frame of mind (11) |
| DAMIANWARNER | Canadian who is the Olympic gold medal champion in Decathlon: 2 wds. |
| RAFER | Mr. Johnson, 1960 Olympic gold champion in Decathlon |
| MATED | Defeated China first in decathlon |
| BRAZIL | Largest country in South America; or, a variety of nut or seed that is often coated in chocolate or used to flavour brownies (6) |
| INCA | Original type in South America or in part of Western US (4) |
| SAMOA | A brief time in South America or Pacific island country (5) |
| ORINOCO | Flowing from Venezuela to Colombia, one of the longest rivers in South America; or, one of the Wombl |
| CABOOSE | Old word for a cookhouse, kitchen or stove on a ship's deck; a train's cabin car in the US; or, a bunkhouse for lumberjacks in Canada (7) |
| PANAMA | A country of Central America; or, a style of hat (6) |
| MULLER | An artist's stone or glass tool for hand-grinding pigments on a slab; a copper cone for warming beer or wine before a fire; a ruminative thinker; or, a brand of rice pudding and yogurt (6) |
| OASIS | Spring or garden in a desert; or, a brand of foam used in floristry (5) |
| RHEA | Large, flightless bird of South America, or moon of Saturn |
| SOME | A great deal in the US, or a few in the UK (4) |
| STROLLER | A word for a pushchair in the US; or, a saunterer (8) |
| MAC | A trench for a flasher or coat for a pluviophilous precipitation devotee; or, a brand/type of Apple Inc PC (3) |
| GONDI | A Dravidian language spoken by the Gond people in south central India. |
