| SHAWNEE | Member of a Native American people originally of the central Ohio valley |
| CHEROKEE | A member of a Native American people originally indigenous to the southeastern US (8) |
| OSAGE | Member of an American Indian people originally of Missouri (5) |
| CHICKASAW | Native American people originally from Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee |
| QUAPAW | Member of a North American people originally from Arkansas (6) |
| SEMINOLE | Native American people originally from Florida (8) |
| IROQUOIS | Native American peoples originally living in modern New York state (8) |
| OTOES | Native Americans originally of the Plains |
| SUPPERTIME | Hour or so in the evening for a light or informal meal, of perhaps casserole, fish and chips, spag bol or stew served from a tureen with a ladle or scoop, originally of broth-soaked bread or of soup ( |
| SCARAB | Sacred coleopteran, originally of the Egyptians? (6) |
| OTTO | Man originally of the Teutonic Order (4) |
| TSU | The Tigers of the Ohio Valley Conf. |
| TANGO | Codeword following Sierra; a sultry dance of seduction, originally of despair; or, alluding to a clementine-like fruit, a deep shade of orange (5) |
| CHOCTAW | Native people originally occupying what is now the southeastern United States |
| DIASPORA | A dispersion or spreading, as of people originally belonging to one nation or common culture (8) |
| MINGO | Ohio Valley Indian people |
| HECATOMB | In ancient Greece or Rome, a great public sacrifice, originally of a hundred oxen (8) |
| OMER | Hebrew word for a sheaf or for a dry measure, originally of grain (4) |
| POWER | Some people originally owe religious fervour to strength |
| MOORS | Ties up boat people originally from Mauretania (5) |
