| WATERNYMPH | A fabled creature such as the Naiad, Nereid or Oceanid of Greek mythology |
| ATHENA | Greek goddess nurtured by Corcyra the Naiad (6) |
| NYMPH | Mythological female naturespirit such as any one of the dryads or oceanids (5) |
| GALATEA | Depicted in a fresco by the artist described in 34 Across, a mythological Greek nereid or the name of the statue carved by Pygmalion (7) |
| NYMPHS | Mythical nature deities such as the anthousai of the flowers, dryads of the trees, oreads of the mountains or nereids of the sea (6) |
| ERATO | One of the mythological Greek Nereids; or, the Greek Muse of lyric poetry (5) |
| PLEIADES | In Greek mythology, the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione; sisters of the Hyades (8) |
| IRIS | Greek goddess of the rainbow, daughter of the sea god Thaumas and the Oceanid Electra (4) |
| SPIDER | Creature such as the white-bellied or long-haired ... ... , Ateles belzebuth, of South America (6,6) |
| MONKEY | Creature such as the white-bellied or long-haired ... ... , Ateles belzebuth, of South America (6,6) |
| ASTEROPE | Oceanid in Greek mythology who was the mother of Acragas by Zeus |
| ASIA | Largest of Earth's continents; or, one of the mythological Greek Oceanids (4) |
| THETIS | A mythological Greek Nereid and the mother of Achilles (6) |
| LUNGFISH | Elongated freshwater air-breathing creature such as the South American ___ or West African ___ (8) |
| CENTAURUS | Constellation symbolised by a mythical creature such as the one associated with Sagittarius, Chiron |
| CHIPSIN | Interrupts a couple of Greek characters at the opening of Nereids (5,2) |
| DORIS | In Greek mythology, the "grey-eyed" mother of the Nereids (5) |
| SEANYMPH | Oceanid or nereid (3,5) |
| YETI | Fabled creature also known as the Abominable Snowman (4) |
| EUNICE | Nereid in Greek myth; mother of Timothy in the New Testament (6) |
