| HSNI | First name in Egyptian politics |
| ISIS | Big name in Egyptian mythology |
| RAMSES | Big name in Egyptian kings |
| CARTOUCHE | From "paper cornet", a scroll-like carved tablet or border; an oval frame for royal names in Egyptian hieroglyphs; a box for bullets; a paper case holding a firework's combustibles; or, a parchment pa |
| CHEOPS | Egyptian pharaoh called Khufu in Egyptian |
| REMINISCE | Talk of past crimes in Egyptian capital in disorder (9) |
| SUNDISC | Another name for the Aten in Egyptian mythology (3,4) |
| ENNEAD | From the collective name for the nine deities in Egyptian mythology including Atum, Osiris and Set, a group of nine (6) |
| APIS | In Egyptian myths, a sacred bull worshipped in the Memphis region (4) |
| DESERT | Holds it in readiness, adrift in Egyptian expanse (5,6) |
| SINAI | Holds it in readiness, adrift in Egyptian expanse (5,6) |
| HORUS | In Egyptian mythology, who was the son of Osiris and Isis and' is represented In hieroglyphics by the winged sun-disc? (5) |
| ALEXANDRIA | Excitedly drain a drink and kiss first in Egyptian city (10) |
| ASP | Animal in Egyptian history |
| GLYPH | Symbol in Egyptian writing |
| AMONRA | King of gods, in Egyptian myth |
| SENET | Board game found in Egyptian tombs |
| LIQUOR | Intelligence in Egyptian town centre obliterated by booze (6) |
| ZEUS | Greek deity in Egyptian port set up (4) |
| IBIS | Bird seen in Egyptian hieroglyphics |
