| UGRIAN | Member of a light-haired subdivision of the Turanian people, who include the Samoyeds, Voguls, Ostyaks and Magyars |
| DAKOTA | People who include the Wahpetunwan and Yanktonai |
| ENTSI | Uralic language spoken by the Samoyed in Siberia (5) |
| ABIR | This Moroccan-born American artist, who includes Etta James, Beyonce, and Celine Dion in her list of influences, produced the EPs Mint in 2018 and Heat in 2020. (4) |
| PAELLA | Pan old man who includes a discarded measure (6) |
| HOLLOWS | Doctor Who includes ordinary lines and special craters (7) |
| HUSSAR | Term for a member of a light cavalry regiment, originally used in Hungary in the 15th century (6) |
| TWINKLE | A dance step; a glitter; a blink or a wink; the scintillation or sparkle of a light or a celestial star; or, a former comic for girls (7) |
| RASHBLONDE | *Light-haired person who acts hastily? (note how the starred answers' added letters progress in the grid) |
| EPOCH | Subdivision of the geologic time scale longer than an age and shorter than a period (5) |
| OSHA | Subdivision of the Dept. of Labor |
| LOBE | A subdivision of the brain (4) |
| BAYOFBENGAL | Large north-eastern subdivision of the Indian Ocean, lying between India and Myanmar (3,2,6) |
| RIBBEDBLOND | Light-haired victim of a jest? |
| GLANCE | The look of a light-hearted lad who's lost a lot (6) |
| SPITZ | Thick-coated dog breed of a group including Pomeranians and Samoyeds |
| STANZA | Subdivision of "The Raven" |
| VERSE | Poetry - subdivision of the Bible (5) |
| ARTICLE | Subdivision of the Constitution |
| OSAGE | Subdivision of the Sioux |
