| BETEL | Asian climbing plant, the leaves of which are chewed by the peoples of South East Asia (5) |
| MALAY | Member of a people of south-east Asia (5) |
| IBIBIOS | Members of a people of south-east Nigeria (7) |
| KUDZU | Hairy Asian climbing plant having purple fragrant flowers (5) |
| TUTSI | One of the peoples of Rwanda (5) |
| RACES | Cares about the peoples of the world (5) |
| CUBEB | The spicy fruit of a tropical Asian climbing shrub (5) |
| TAMIL | A member of a people of South India and Sri Lanka, or their language (5) |
| OSCAN | One of an ancient people of south-central Italy. |
| OLMEC | Ancient people of south-central Mexico |
| OTOMI | People of south-central Mexico |
| WOAD | European plant, the leaves of which yield a blue dye (4) |
| ACANTHUS | The leaves of which plant were used as the motif for the architectural decoration on Corinthian colu |
| NETTLE | Weedy plant, the jagged leaves of which are used as an outer wrapping on Cornish Yarg cheese (6) |
| COCA | A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes. |
| LAMBSLETTUCE | Plant often growing in cornfields, the leaves of which can be used in salads (5,7) |
| PATCHOULI | Asiatic tree of the genus Pogostemon, the leaves of which yield a fragrant oil |
| AMARANTH | A plant that is often considered a weed but the leaves of which have long been used as an alternative to spinach, it is common in the Mallorca countryside (8) |
| PERU | The Inca, the peoples of the sun, lived in this South American nation |
| GREATLEAP | The attempt by the People's Republic of China in 1959-60 to solve the country's economic problems (5,4,7) |
