| ELECTRA | Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who persuaded her brother Orestes to murder their mother and her lover Aegisthus (7) |
| SHREWS | Mammals in an order with moles and hedgehogs that form "caravans" or conga lines behind their mothers and eat their bodyweight in food each day (6) |
| SON | Orestes, to Agamemnon |
| CORA | Stan Carter persuaded her to stay in Walford (4,5) |
| DELILAH | She persuaded her admirer to take a short cut (7) |
| ORESTES | In Greek mythology, the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who killed his mother and her lover Aegisthus in revenge for their murder of his father |
| IPHIGENIA | Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra condemned to be a human sacrifice |
| SALOME | New Testament character who persuaded Herod to give her the head of John the Baptist (6) |
| USHERS | These three sisters, who lived with their mother right in the centre of Dorchester, left school, went to top universities and eventually they all became court officials (6) |
| UNICEF | Which organisation was formed in 1946 to improve the health and education of children and their mothers? (6) |
| HELEN | _ Joseph; her house was Zindzi and Zeni's home when their mother was incarcerated (5) |
| THEOLDBLOCK | A chip off ---, one who is similar to their mother or father (3,3,5) |
| ARLO | _ Fielding, half-brother of 40's character, finally caught out by their mother Marie in Hollyoaks (4) |
| SWIM | Pups are born without blubber and are unable to ___, therefore they depend on their mothers for food and protection |
| EARLY | Marsupial babies are born ___ and spend the rest of the development time in their mother's pouch. |
| MORGAN | Luke's sister who returned to Hollyoaks after hearing about their mother's funeral (4,6) |
| ZARA | Luke's sister who returned to Hollyoaks after hearing about their mother's funeral (4,6) |
| KIWI | Flightless birds whose eggs can weigh up to 20 percent of their mother's weight |
| STAGG | Group Captain James ___, Met Office meteorologist who persuaded Dwight D. Eisenhower to change the date of the Normandy landings (5) |
| SINON | Greek who persuaded the Trojans to take in the Trojan Horse |
