| BERTHA | Ms. Allen, Gwich'in activist (b.1934 - d.2010) who advocated for rights of Aboriginal and Northern women, a Member of the Order of Canada |
| BERTHAALLEN | Gwich'in activist (b.1934 d.2010) who advocated for rights of Aboriginal and northern women. She is |
| PILBARA | Region of Northern W Australia (7) |
| GOLDENEYE | Gene carrying elements of aboriginal and the former sea-bird (9) |
| LINKLETTER | Moose Jaw born broadcaster Art (b.1912 - d.2010) who hosted "House Party" in The States |
| TONES | Features of Mandarin and Gwich'in |
| MAGINOT | Andre, French minister of war in the 1920s and 1930s who advocated for a line of defensive forts (7) |
| TARA | ___ Singh, activist who advocated for an autonomous Sikh state |
| KITT | Singer Eartha who advocated for LGBT rights |
| ERMA | Humorist Bombeck who advocated for the Equal Rights Amendment |
| METRICMARTYRS | *British greengrocers who advocated for the right to display imperial units only |
| ROSA | Parks who advocated for Recy Taylor |
| ANITA | Borg who advocated for gender parity in technology |
| OTEROWARREN | Nina ___, suffragist who advocated for bilingual education |
| GAVAI | Last name of the Chief Justice of India who highlighted the importance of awareness for rights at a legal conference in Srinagar. (5) |
| TINDALE | Who, in 1940, coming from extensive research and field work, published a map of Australia (which now bears his name) showing the diversity of Aboriginal languages and nation groups? (7) |
| LILIES | Flowers for Ms Tomlin and Ms Allen (6) |
| TERESAS | Ms. Mann, and namesakes (Panamanian ballerina b.1934 - d.2017 who danced with The National Ballet of Canada) |
| JOAN | Ms. Allen who stars as a city mayor on ABC's mysterious new drama "The Family" |
| NITV | Australian broadcaster for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander storytelling (1,1,1,1) |