| BLUES | American singer Ma Rainey was known as the mother of this genre |
| MIAMI | 19th century citrus farmer Julia Tuttle is known as the mother of this Florida city |
| VIOLA | Davis who played blues singer Ma Rainey on screen |
| RAINEY | Ma known as the Mother of the Blues |
| DAENERYS | Emilia Clarke's Game of Thrones character, known as the 'Mother of dragons', ___ Targaryen (8) |
| OKEEFFE | Georgia; late US artist known as the Mother of American modernism (7) |
| ERIE | *Lake off Ohio, the state known as "the Mother of Presidents" |
| ROSAPARKS | Activist known as "the mother of the freedom movement" |
| JUDYBAILEY | Former presenter for One News, known as the 'mother of the nation' (4,6) |
| OHIO | Midwestern state known as "the Mother of Presidents" |
| TARA | Buddhist diety known as the "mother of liberation" |
| BRENDA | ___ Howard, activist known as the "Mother of Pride" |
| SITIBINTISAAD | Musician known as the Mother of Taarab |
| BEECH | Tree species known as the mother (or queen) of the woods (5) |
| ANNIEHALL | 1977 romantic comedy, the last of this genre to win the Best Picture Oscar (5,4) |
| DIONE | Titaness of Greek mythology identified by Homer (The Iliad, book 5) as the mother of Aphrodite (5) |
| TERPSICHORE | Muse of choral song and dance in Greek mythology, sometimes identified as the mother of the Sirens (11) |
| VENUS | Which goddess did the Romans regard as the mother of their race? (5) |
| PARKS | Newsmaker Rosa, regarded as the "Mother of the Freedom Movement" |
| SCIENCE | Star Wars and Star Trek are examples of this genre, ... fiction (7) |
