| LABAN | Old Testament character; father of Leah and Rachel (5) |
| ABRAHAM | Old Testament character, father of Isaac (7) |
| DINAH | Hand I devised for only daughter of Leah and Jacob in the Hebrew Bible (5) |
| STEHAY | Father of Leah and Lucas in Hollyoaks (3,3) |
| THORN | 'The ------ ', 1977 novel by Colleen McCullough featuring the character Father Ralph de Bricassart (5,5) |
| BIRDS | 'The ------ ', 1977 novel by Colleen McCullough featuring the character Father Ralph de Bricassart (5,5) |
| JACOB | Leah and Rachel's husband |
| LEVI | Old Testament son of Leah and Jacob |
| GUIDO | Former "SNL" character Father __ Sarducci |
| BROWN | Chesterton's detective character, Father ... |
| REUBEN | Son of Leah and Jacob (Gen.35) |
| EVENT | Old Testament character, New Testament incident (5) |
| EXTOL | Praise old Old Testament character turning up (5) |
| ENOCH | Old Testament character, the eldest son of Cain (5) |
| ELDAD | Old Testament character, in the Book of Numbers, who stayed behind with Medad and prophesied while 70 elders went to the tabernacle |
| NAOMI | One complaint raised by Old Testament character (5) |
| ISAAC | Old Testament character has one article in bag (5) |
| JONAH | Old Testament character who was swallowed by a whale (5) |
| MOSES | Amos espied another Old Testament character in hiding (5) |
| TOBIT | Old Testament character bringing African witchcraft into Tobago? |