| NOAHSARK | Gopherwood vessel described in the Book of Genesis (5,3) |
| YELLOWWOOD | Leguminous tree of the southeastern US also called gopherwood (10) |
| ARK | Gopherwood structure |
| GOMORRAH | City of the plain whose destruction is described in the book of Genesis (8) |
| FALCONRY | Described in The Book of Hawking, Hunting and Heraldry, A Kestrel for a Knave and H is for Hawk, sport or practice of training or hunting with birds of prey (8) |
| JACOBS | - ladder, stairway to Heaven described in the book of Genesis (6) |
| EDEN | Garden described in the Book of Genesis (4) |
| INSECT | Described in the books of Jean- Henri Fabre, any one of the more than one million species of arthropods whose development was influenced by the evolution of flowering plants (6) |
| AETERNAE | Race of legendary creatures described in the travels of Alexander the Great (8) |
| NAPHTALI | In the Book of Genesis, a son of Jacob and Bilhah (8) |
| VITA | First name of the lover of Virginia Woolf, described in the book Orlando. |
| PASSOVER | Jewish festival that commemorates the flight from Egypt described in the Bible's book of Exodus |
| REINDEER | Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet ... one of the eight animals described in the poem A Visit from St Nicholas or The Night Before Christmas (8) |
| OPIUMDEN | Establishment described in 'The Gate of the Hundred Sorrows' (1884) (5,3) |
| CREATION | Main subject of the Book of Genesis |
| ISRAELITES | People whose flight from Egypt is described in the book of Exodus in the Bible |
| HIGHWIND | A hurricane, as described in the title of the best-known novel by Richard Hughes |
| ATLANTIS | Fabled lost culture described in the writings of Plato |
| BERESHIT | The Book of Genesis (Hebrew) (8) |
| GOLIATH | Philistine giant described in the Book of Samuel |
