| POTIPHAR | Officer of Pharaoh in the Old Testament who bought Joseph as a slave (8) |
| SINAI | Egypt's this land of pharaohs in Aida |
| REDANT | Pharaoh in the insect world, perhaps |
| RAMESES | Pharaoh in "The Ten Commandments" |
| PEPI | Name shared by two Pharaohs in the Sixth Dynasty of ancient Egypt |
| REDANTS | Pharaohs, in the insect world |
| RAMSESI | First pharaoh in a dynasty |
| BONDSMAN | Ernest, commonly was in a premium position as a slave (8) |
| EGYPTIAN | Like the Pharaohs in page yet to be composed (8) |
| 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) |
| MICAH | Sixth of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament, who was from the town of Moresheth (5) |
| NALA | Character in the 2019 animated film The Lion King voiced by Beyonce as an adult and Shahadi Wright Joseph as a child (4) |
| NAOMI | In the Old Testament, who is the mother-in-law of Ruth? (5) |
| ELIJAH | Hebrew prophet of the Old Testament, who was taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire (6) |
| 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) |
| ZADOK | In the Old Testament, who was the chief priest of King David? (5) |
| HAGAR | Egyptian maid of Sarah in the Old Testament who was mother of Ishmael by Abraham (5) |
| ABRAHAM | In the Old Testament who was the father of Isaac? (7) |
| GIDEON | Hebrew judge in the Old Testament who led the Israelites to victory over the Midianites (6) |