| SERGIOOLIVA | Cuban bodybuilder nicknamed "The Myth" |
| OXLEY | Which surveyor and explorer created the myth of the inland sea by reporting that the Macquarie and the Lachlan Rivers both ended in swamps and that this might mark the beginning of a sea? (5) |
| MTOSSA | Abbreviated name of a mountain south of Olympus in Thessaly associated with the myth of the Aloadae giants; or, the highest peak in Tasmania (2,4) |
| MULBERRY | With royal associations dating back to Tudor times and featuring in the myth of Pyramus and Thisbe, a tree in the genus Morus with fruits ripe when they fall to the ground (8) |
| LEGEND | The myth of the foot? (6) |
| AURORA | Dawn of the myth lights up the sky |
| ZANE | Mononymous author of "The Sex Chronicles: Shattering the Myth" |
| CRETE | Greek-island setting for the myth of the Minotaur |
| ORPHEUS | Palme d'Or winner in 1959, this Brazilian film retold the myth of Eurydice in the favelas of Rio, Bl |
| ROSENBERG | Alfred, German Nazi politician and author of The Myth of the Twentieth Century who was hanged for war crimes in 1946 (9) |
| LIGHTNING | Atmospheric discharge of electricity that, despite the myth, can strike the same place twice |
| PLEIADES | Open star cluster in Taurus also called Seven Sisters because of the myth of the daughters of Atlas and Pleione (8) |
| HYDRA | Said to represent a sea serpent and associated with the myth of Heracles, the largest constellation (5) |
| MEDUSA | In the myth, Perseus killed this Gorgon who had the power to turn man into stone |
| BOUNCE | Matthew Syed book on sporting performance, subtitled "The myth of talent and the power of practice" |
| BOX | Pandora's jar was how the myth started. Then it became this during the Renaissance. |
| PLAXTOL | Kent village associated with the myth of 'The Haunting of Lady Vain' |
| ECHO | Word with its roots in both the physical phenomenon of sound reflection and the myth of a repetitive oread; or, a memory evoked (4) |
| ESSAY | "The Myth of Sisyphus", for example |
| CAMUS | 'The Myth of Sisyphus' author |
