| EDDA | Ancient work that describes the sacred tree Yggdrasil |
| NORSE | Like the sacred tree Yggdrasil |
| OAK | The sacred tree Eo Mugna of Irish legend, e.g. |
| ASH | Tree such as the Norse world tree Yggdrasil |
| ASGARD | In Norse myth, world held up by the branches of the tree Yggdrasil |
| NORSEMYTHOLOGY | Huge tree Yggdrasil features in it (5,9) |
| OPERATING | First word of the term that describes the program that manages a computer's resources, especially the allocation of those resources among other programs. Typical resources include the central processi |
| ATSEA | The phrase that describes the sinking of a vessel or the presumed death of a sailor, lost ... (2,3) |
| ACTS | Book of the New Testament that describes the events in 9 (4) |
| EXODUS | Book that describes the crossing of the Red Sea |
| ONLIBERTY | John Stuart Mill book that describes the tyranny of the majority |
| JUPITER | Roman god whose sacred tree was the oak (7) |
| YGGDRASIL | Huge sacred tree at the world's centre in Norse mythology (9) |
| ALBEDO | Even if ancient, work at reflectiveness |
| AESOPSFABLES | Ancient work poses a false confection about Belgium (6,6) |
| WINGEDVICTORY | Pilot's favorite ancient work of art? |
| PARTHENOGENESIS | Quietly distributing another book of the Bible that describes the Virgin Birth (15) |
| WILLTOPOWER | Concept in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche that describes the main driving force in humans (4,2,5) |
| ILIAD | Poem that describes the siege of Troy |
| SCENARIO | A rise? No! (Sadly that describes the first element of crossword setting) |