| POTIPHAR | In the Old Testament, one of Pharaoh's officials, who bought Joseph as a slave (8) |
| GOMORRAH | In the Old Testament, one of the "cities of the plain" destroyed by God, along with Sodom and two others |
| ABEDNEGO | In the Old Testament, one of three men thrown into a fiery furnace (8) |
| MESHACH | In the Old Testament, one of Daniel's three companions who, together with Shadrach and Abednego, was miraculously saved from destruction in Nebuchadnezzar's fiery furnace |
| BONDSMAN | Ernest, commonly was in a premium position as a slave (8) |
| JAPHETH | In the Old Testament, one of Noah's sons (7) |
| ATLANTIS | Lost realm of New Testament, one shown in map book |
| INCHAINS | As a slave, perhaps, takes measure against a terrible sin (2,6) |
| PYRAMIDS | Monumental tombs of Pharaohs Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure at Giza (8) |
| JOHN | In the New Testament, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, generally listed as the youngest (4) |
| JESSE | Father of David, king of the Israelites in the Old Testament (1 Samuel 16) (5) |
| CORONERS | Legal officials who hold inquests into sudden or unexplained deaths (8) |
| MUEZZINS | Mosque officials who call the faithful to prayer |
| STEWARDS | Regatta officials who supervise race arrangements (8) |
| JUSTICES | Officials who try to provide proper refreshments (8) |
| CASPAR | (New Testament) One of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus. |
| NALA | Character in the 2019 animated film The Lion King voiced by Beyonce as an adult and Shahadi Wright Joseph as a child (4) |
| FARO | A game of chance named after a corrupted form of "pharaoh", a figure represented on a playing card that evolved into the king of hearts (4) |
| SOLOMON | ____ Northup, U.S. farmer who wrote about his time as a slave in the memoir Twelve Years A Slave (7) |
| AESOP | Storyteller of the 6th century BC said to have lived as a slave on the island of Samos (5) |
