| ABRAHAM | Patriarch in the Old Testament whose wives include Sarah and Hagar (7) |
| NOAH | Hebrew patriarch in the Old Testament who built an ark (4) |
| HAMILTON | Linda ___, actress whose roles include Sarah Connor in 1984 action film The Terminator (8) |
| WEISZ | Rachel, actress whose film roles include Sarah Churchill in The Favourite (5) |
| AGRON | Dianna ___, US actress whose film roles include Sarah Hart in 2011 action film I Am Number Four (5) |
| ABSALOM | Son of King David in the Old Testament, whose name means 'the father is peace' (7) |
| OBADIAH | Hebrew prophet of the Old Testament whose oracles were chiefly directed against the Edom (7) |
| ICHABOD | Son of Phinehas in the Old Testament, whose name means 'departed glory' (1 Samuel 4:21) (7) |
| ISHMAEL | Son of Abraham and Hagar in the Old Testament (7) |
| SULTANS | Rulers whose wives may seem fruity I'd say? (7) |
| JOB | Book of the Old Testament whose title character lived in the land of Uz (3) |
| RUTH | Moabite woman in the Old Testament whose mother-in-law is Naomi (4) |
| BEELZEBUB | God of the Philistines in the Old Testament whose name meant 'lord of flies' (9) |
| AMMON | Ancient nation of the Old Testament whose chief city was Rabbah |
| MRINCRE | Patriarch in a Pixar family of heroes |
| COLE | Actor who plays the family patriarch in The Brady Bunch Movie, Gary ___ |
| CLAMPETT | Jed, patriarch in the TV comedy The Beverly Hillbillies (8) |
| METHUSELAH | Patriarch in the bible whose life span was 969 years (10) |
| ENOCH | Patriarch in the Bible who was the father of Methuselah (5) |
| ABBA | Title given to bishops and patriarchs in the Syrian and Coptic Churches; Aramaic, 'father' (4) |
