| AMBROSIA | Food of the gods in Greek mythology, said to be the source of their immortality (8) |
| STEROPE | One of the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters, of Greek mythology, said to be the mother of Oenomaus by Ares (7) |
| SOLARPANEL | The source of their power might, therefore, alarm centrists on the board |
| ROC | Giant bird of Arabian mythology said to be able to carry off full-grown elephants for food, encountered by Sinbad the Sailor in the Arabian Nights (3) |
| CENTAURS | Race of half-man, half-horse creatures in Greek mythology said to descend from the Thessalian king Ixion and the cloud Nephele (8) |
| ENDYMION | Figure in Greek mythology said to have been put to sleep by Zeus (8) |
| CERBERUS | 'Hound of Hades' in Greek mythology, said to have three heads (8) |
| ASPHODEL | Flower in Greek mythology said to cover the Elysian fields (8) |
| THIRDEYE | A brain's pineal gland, believed by some to be the source of spiritual insight; or, the Ajna chakra through which to gaze in yogic drishti (5,3) |
| URHAMLET | Lost manuscript said to be the source of a Shakespeare classic |
| STOCKPOT | Northern town has no right to be the source of many soups |
| BACTERIA | Basmati rice cooked without soaking it methodically at first - that could be the source of digestive problems (8) |
| ARES | One of the twelve Olympian gods of Greek mythology, said to have fathered the Amazons (4) |
| ENCELADUS | Giant of Greek mythology said to have been buried by Athena under the island of Sicily (9) |
| NEMESIS | Winged goddess of retribution in Greek mythology, said by writers such as Hesiod to be the daughter of Nyx (Night) (7) |
| DIONE | Titaness in Greek mythology said by Homer to be the mother, by Zeus, of Aphrodite (5) |
| CENTAUR | Half man, half-horse creature of Greek mythology said to descend from Ixion and the cloud nymph Nephele (7) |
| HOLYCHOW | The food of the gods? |
| EPONYM | What do we call a person whose name is thought to be the source of the name of a city, country, etc (6) |
| BABEL | Which Old Testament tower is meant to be the source of the world's languages? (5) |
