| PAWNEES | People of North America, those willing to take pledge |
| ASSEVERATE | Idiot and first lady deserve to take pledge (10) |
| DESIGNS | Have Des sing and show us those patterns (7) |
| UNCLES | Family men are those who take pledges (6) |
| INUIT | Indigenous people of North America and Greenland closely related to the Yupik and Inupiat (5) |
| ATLATL | A stick used by some indigenous people of North America to propel a dart or spear (6) |
| CHEROKEE | An indigenous people of North America who live mainly in the state of Oklahoma (8) |
| MOCCASINS | Soft leather shoes, historically worn by indigenous people of North America (9) |
| TESTATORS | Those willing to assess a rock singer's debut |
| ESTATES | Distributions by those willing to supply cars |
| LAPDOGS | Those willing to do anything asked by their superiors (7) |
| GHOSTDANCE | Spiritual movement of the indigenous peoples of North America founded by Wovoka in 1890 (5,5) |
| THESMOOTH | What those willing to accept unplaned and planed wood do (4,3,5,4,3,6) |
| ROUGHWITH | What those willing to accept unplaned and planed wood do (4,3,5,4,3,6) |
| TAKETHE | What those willing to accept unplaned and planed wood do (4,3,5,4,3,6) |
| BERBER | Member of the indigenous people of North Africa (6) |
| MOOR | Member of a Muslim people of North Africa (4) |
| HOPI | A member of a Native American people of North East Arizona (4) |
| TURKANA | Member of a nomadic people of north Kenya (7) |
| BERBERS | Members of an indigenous people of North Africa (7) |
