| LOSTTRIBE | Legendary group of ancient Israelites exiled by the Assyrians |
| GOPIKAS | Legendary group of Indian women try variations in Kapi kirtanas at the end (7) |
| EZEKIEL | Hebrew prophet, subject of a book of the Bible, one of the Israelites exiled from Jerusalem to Babylon (7) |
| ZENOBIA | 3rd-century queen of Palmyra who conquered Egypt and much of Asia Minor before being captured and exiled by the Roman emperor Aurelian (7) |
| NAPOLEON | Emperor exiled by the British (8) |
| BEACHBOYS | Legendary group that reunited for the 1996 album "Stars and Stripes, Vol. 1" |
| ISHTAR | Chief goddess of the Babylonians and the Assyrians |
| MEDES | Foes of the Assyrians |
| TABERNACLE | The portable sanctuary in the form of a tent in which the ancient Israelites carried the Ark of the Covenant in the Old Testament |
| ARK | From Old English for "box", the wooden chest in which the tablets of the laws of the ancient Israelites were kept; any coffer; Noah's ship; a toy depicting said vessel; or, any boat (3) |
| JEWS | People belonging to the worldwide group descended from the ancient Israelites (4) |
| SEMITE | A member of any of the peoples supposed to be descendants of Shem, son of Noah (old testament), i.e. Jews, Arabs, Assyrians, Phoenicians |
| ARKOFTHECOVENANT | Wooden coffer in which the ancient Israelites kept their Tables of the Law (3,2,3,8) |
| CYNIC | One of a group of Ancient Greek philosophers |
| PHARISEES | Group of ancient Jewish leaders whose beliefs differed from the Sadducees (9) |
| NOD | Land of ___, the place to which Cain was exiled by God in the Book of Genesis after murdering Abel (3) |
| AARON | First High Priest of the ancient Israelites (5) |
| ARTHURIAN | I hurt rogue in island group of ancient king (9) |
| GOESTOELEVEN | One of 12 biblical groups of ancient Israel |
| ION | Group of ancient Greeks |
