| POMEGRANATE | Because the wife of "king of the underworld" had eaten a single seed in the underworld, she had to remain there one-third of the year and spend the other two-thirds with her mother. From what fruit di |
| BESIDEONESELF | Distraught as well, having eaten a single brownie |
| PLACE | Location of single seed in private dwelling (5,2,3,4) |
| OFONESOWN | Location of single seed in private dwelling (5,2,4,3) |
| GRAIN | Single seed of a cereal plant; a particle of sand, salt or gold; or, the arrangement of fibres in wood (5) |
| HADES | (Greek mythology) the god of the dead and the king of the underworld (5) |
| GUARANA | A single seed of this Brazilian plant contains three times more caffeine than a coffee bean - hence the 'energy' drinks |
| IDA | What name was shared by a nurse of the infant Zeus on Crete and the wife of King Lycastus of Crete? (3) |
| AQUITAINE | Region of France that was home to the wife of King Henry II of England (9) |
| APEX | Spot for the winner of king of the hill |
| ARLEN | ___, Texas (Fictional setting of "King of the Hill") |
| SLYE | Leonard ___, birth name of "King of the Cowboys" (1943) star Roy Rogers |
| ROGER | Miller of "King of the Road" |
| IOWA | State that's home to Drake University, a #11 seed in the 2025 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament |
| COCODEMER | Fruit also known as the Seychelles nut which has the largest seed in the plant kingdom (4,2,3) |
| DRUPE | Fruit such as the plum or cherry whose stony endocarp encloses a single seed (5) |
| HECUBA | In Greek myths, the wife of King Priam during the Trojan War (6) |
| ELEANOR | The forename of the wife of King Henry II (7) |
| GUINEVERE | The wife of King Arthur in the Arthurian legend (9) |
| GUENIVERE | The wife of King Arthur in the Arthurian legends (9) |
