| ITISSAID | "According to legend . . ." |
| TREVI | Fountain into which, according to legend, one can toss a coin to guarantee a future return to Rome |
| BARBARYAPE | According to legend, its continued presence on Gibraltar allows the British to retain control thereo |
| SHEPHERDS | According to legend, who, having been alerted by an angel, were the first to visit baby Jesus? (9) |
| STORK | Bird which, according to legend, delivers newborn babies to parents (5) |
| LEEKS | Alliums which, according to legend, became national Welsh symbols after Cadwaladr ordered his soldiers to wear them as identification during battle (5) |
| ONION | Bulb vegetable said to have been the staple food of Diogenes the Cynic, the Greek philosopher who lived in a wine barrel or tub according to legend (5) |
| YARROW | Herb used by Achilles to heal his men's battle wounds according to legend, hence its Latin name Achillea millefolium (6) |
| SEA | General word for a vast expanse of saline water with a tide that was attempted to be stopped by Canute. according to legend (3) |
| COFFEE | Plant related to lady's bedstraw and gardenia with beans or cherries whose energising effect was first discovered by goatherd Kaldi in the 9th century, according to legend (6) |
| QUIZ | Word of nonsense from Dublin according to legend, used to describe a test of knowledge for fun, a monocle on a stick, a bandalore or a hoax (4) |
| JOSEPHOFARIMATHEA | The rich Jew who, according to legend, brought the Holy Grail to Britain and founded the abbey at Glastonbury (6,2,9) |
| BLONDEL | 12c French minstrel who according to legend accompanied Richard I to Palestine on the Crusades (7) |
| CAKES | According to legend, what did Alfred the Great allow to burn? (5) |
| THAIS | An Athenian courtesan who, according to legend, caused Alexander to burn the royal palace of Persepolis (5) |
| ISLE | Avalon, according to legend |
| ABNER | Baseball inventor Doubleday, according to legend |
| THELADYOFTHELAKE | She received Excalibur, according to legend |
| UNDERSEA | Like Atlantis, according to legend |
| CHINA | Pasta's origin, according to legend |
