| DEBBIEREYNOLDS | 'Mother' star, and the mother of 104-Across |
| NAY | Opposite of 104-Across |
| ARMY | College football rival of 104-Across |
| LTS | Superiors of 104-Across |
| ANNE | Forename of Thomas and Elizabeth Boleyn's daughter who was the second wife of Henry VIII and the mother of the last Tudor monarch (4) |
| REBECCA | In the Old Testament, the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau |
| MATILDA | 12th Century empress, the daughter and heir of Henry I and the mother of Henry II (7) |
| ALICE | Princess - of Battenberg; great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and the mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (5) |
| VERITAS | In Roman mythology, the goddess of truth, a daughter of Saturn and the mother of Virtue (7) |
| MAIA | Eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes |
| ETHNIU | In Irish mythology, the daughter of Balor and the mother of Lugh |
| SEYMOUR | What was the family name of Henry VIII's third wife and the mother of Edward VI? (7) |
| METIS | Discovered in July 1979 by the Voyager science team at NASA, this moon is named for Zeus's first wife, who was a Titan and the mother of Athena (5) |
| THETIS | A mythological Greek Nereid and the mother of Achilles (6) |
| ISIS | Ancient Egyptian goddess and the mother of Horus (4) |
| ANITA | Indian novelist and the mother of author Kiran Desai, _ Desai (5) |
| CHESTERTHOMPSON | American drummer who performed with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, and Genesis (7,8) |
| UNCLEMEAT | 1969 Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention double album |
| VENATICI | Canes -; the Hunting Dogs constellation containing the "Heart of Charles" star and the Sunflower and Whirlpool galaxies (8) |
| WILSON | 60s music producer whose work included albums with Dylan, Velvet Underground and The Mothers Of Inve |
