| EDOM | Ancient middle-eastern kingdom south of the Dead Sea said to descend from the Old Testament patriarch Esau (4) |
| CENTAURS | Race of half-man, half-horse creatures in Greek mythology said to descend from the Thessalian king Ixion and the cloud Nephele (8) |
| CENTAUR | Half man, half-horse creature of Greek mythology said to descend from Ixion and the cloud nymph Nephele (7) |
| ASSYRIA | Ancient Middle Eastern kingdom |
| NAUTICAL | All at sea said the wayward Californian (8) |
| CORRIDOR | Passage by sea, said ghastly cockney lifesaver, Romeo (8) |
| EDOMITE | Member of an ancient people living south of the Dead Sea in biblical times, said to be descended from Esau (7) |
| EDOMITES | Descendants of the biblical Esau who lived south of the Dead Sea around the 13th century BC; later known as the Idumaeans (8) |
| EGYPT | Home to one of the principal civilizations of the ancient Middle East along the Nile River valley and delta. |
| FALLOUT | Solid particles that descend from the atmosphere on to the Earth following a nuclear explosion (7) |
| BEARDEDCOLLIE | Shaggy-coated British dog breed thought to descend from Polish lowland sheepdogs brought to Scotland in 1514 (7,6) |
| OXYGENMASK | What descends 'from the panel above your head' in the case of emergency on an aircraft in flight (6, |
| ROHAN | Middle-earth kingdom south of Fangorn Forest |
| ALIGHT | To descend from a bus, train or other form of transport (6) |
| SAUDIARABIA | Returning firstclass, there's bar aid for us round a Middle Eastern kingdom (5,6) |
| TELLTALE | Revealing story of ancient Middle Eastern mound |
| ROBOT | Man, computer-controlled, to steal from the Old Testament (5) |
| ADAMANT | Character from the Old Testament and New Testament starts getting stubborn (7) |
| SUSANNA | Virtuous, but maligned, woman from the Old Testament's Book of Daniel |
| TONGA | Kingdom south of Samoa |
