| ELLI | (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match. |
| HEL | In Norse mythology, goddess of the dead (3) |
| REMBRANDT | Artist of the Dutch Golden Age who painted The Night Watch (9) |
| HOAR | White with age, who arranges to conceal it? (4) |
| NORWICH | Julian of ___, celebrated mystic of the Middle Ages who wrote the earliest known example of an English language book written by a woman (7) |
| ALCHEMIST | A scientist in the Middle Ages who tried to discover how to turn ordinary metals into gold (9) |
| PINNED | Defeated in a wrestling match |
| GAEA | (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology. |
| UNCLE | Last word in a wrestling match? |
| PIN | Defeat in a wrestling match |
| TAPOUT | Give up, in a wrestling match |
| SELENE | (Greek mythology) Goddess of the moon in ancient mythology. |
| ERIS | Greek mythology, goddess of discord; sister of Ares (4) |
| ATHENA | In Greek mythology, goddess of war, wisdom, arts and crafts (6) |
| APHRODITE | In Greek mythology, goddess of love and beauty (9) |
| HEBE | In Greek mythology, goddess of youth and spring (4) |
| ARTEMIS | In Greek mythology, goddess of the hunt and the moon (7) |
| MINERVA | Roman mythology-goddess of wisdom; counterpart of Greek Athena (7) |
| HESTIA | In Greek mythology, goddess of the hearth (6) |
| DEMETER | In Greek mythology, goddess of agricultural fertility (7) |
