| NOTTODAY | What do we say to the god of death? |
| PLEASE | Answer to the parental question "What do we say?" |
| YAMA | in Hinduism, the god of death (4) |
| IMBRUE | I mark mixture, as we say, to stain |
| BACCHIC | Relating to the god of wine |
| BURNTOFFERING | Is it sacrificed to the god of cookery? (5,8) |
| MARS | Spoils go to the god of war (4) |
| CAMPUSMARTIUS | Ager Tarquiniorum, consecrated to the God of War, vide Livy 2.5 |
| CUPID | I'd take it and drink to the god of love |
| BACCHAE | Devotees to the god of revelry |
| HECATOMB | In Ancient Greece, a sacrifice to the gods of 100 oxen (8) |
| IDOL | Do I need 50 to give to the god? (4) |
| MORS | God of death in Roman mythology, counterpart of the Greek Thanatos (4) |
| DELPHI | Ancient Greek city, sacred to the god Apollo, built on the slopes of Mount Parnassus (6) |
| SILENUS | Greek rustic god of winemaking and drunkenness, who served as foster father to the god Dionysus (7) |
| IBIS | Sacred bird of ancient Egypt (Threskiornis aethiopicus) linked to the god Thoth (4) |
| NAMESAKE | The planet Neptune, to the god Neptune |
| WATERBUFFALO | Animal ridden by the Hindu god of death Yama |
| MARA | Hindu god of death; opposite of Kama (4) |
| RAMAYANA | Managed to hold God of death back with an epic saga (8) |
