| ABIGAIL | A lady's maid (1 Samuel, xxv) (7) |
| DRESSER | Word, from "arrange, prepare", for a medieval table for meat/food prep first, later a kitchen sideboard; a lady's maid; a wardrobe assistant; a window trimmer; or, in America, a vanity (7) |
| GOLIATH | In 1 Samuel 17, a champion of the Philistines who is killed by a shepherd (7) |
| ICHABOD | In Hebrew, 'the glory is departed' (1 Samuel IV 21) (7) |
| FATIMID | Exceptionally fit maid, one in an Islamic dynasty? |
| WITCHOF | Old Testament medium visited by Saul in 1 Samuel 28 |
| DISMISS | Fire a diminutive lady's maid (7) |
| SOUBRETTE | Role of a lady's maid in a comic play |
| VALET | Male counterpart of a lady's maid |
| ADHOMINEM | Personal maid, one HM sacked (2,7) |
| AYAH | Maid, one indeed for a Sloane |
| NURSE | Kind of maid one gets for a small charge (5) |
| SPENT | "For the bread is ___ in our vessels" (1 Samuel 9:7) |
| SAVEUS | "He will___ " (1 Samuel 7:8) |
| KISH | Benjaminite father of Saul (1 Samuel 9:1) (4) |
| LAZYSUSAN | Indolent maid, one bearing many dishes (4,5) |
| SAUL | According to 1 Samuel 9, a son of Kish who 'from his shoulders and upward... was higher than any of the people' (4) |
| SOIS | "For as his name is, ___ he": 1 Samuel |
| SLING | Weapon in 1 Samuel |
| WITCHOFENDOR | Old Testament medium visited by Saul in 1 Samuel 28 |
