| TERRAMATER | “Mother Earth” in ancient Roman mythology |
| DIANA | Who was goddess of the hunt in ancient Roman mythology? (5) |
| ENTITY | “The media’s the most powerful ____ on earth” (Malcolm X) |
| SANSEVIERIA | ____ trifasciata was the former name for the plant “mother-in-law’s tongue”, now in the Dracaena genus |
| BURSLEM | The “mother town” of Stoke-on-Trent |
| SULLA | He was a dictator in ancient Roman times |
| IDES | In ancient Roman calendar, 'The ___ of March' |
| CHARIOT | Horse-drawn carriage used in ancient Roman and Byzantine racing (7) |
| OSTIA | East German capital erected in ancient Roman port |
| MOSAIC | Flooring found in ancient Roman villas (6) |
| EDILE | Magistrate, in ancient Roman |
| NUMEN | In ancient Roman religion, a deity or spirit presiding over a thing or place (5) |
| LACONICUM | A room in ancient Roman baths used for hot-air or steam baths (9) |
| FORUM | Open space in ancient Roman towns where public business was transacted (5) |
| HESPERUS | In ancient Greek and Roman mythology, he is the evening star; his parentage and family is a bit confused, but he often is considered to have links to Atlas. In All's Well That Ends Well (act 2, scene |
| IRONAGE | Era regarded in Greek and Roman mythology as the final stage in man's degeneration from the Golden A |
| JUPITER | Named after the supreme god in Roman mythology, the largest planet in the Solar System (7) |
| WALNUT | With edible kernels eaten from their shells, pickled or baked in coffee cakes, a tree whose botanical name Juglans originates in Roman mythology (6) |
| AVERNUS | The underworld, in Roman mythology; also a crater lake in Italy's Campania (7) |
| VERITAS | In Roman mythology, the goddess of truth, a daughter of Saturn and the mother of Virtue (7) |
