| ENCELADUS | Giant of Greek mythology said to have been buried by Athena under the island of Sicily (9) |
| CAPRICORN | Something hackneyed under the island sign (9) |
| PUSHUPTHEDAISIES | Carry out raising of platforms, admitting one to have been buried |
| PRESIDENT | I'd better be buried by existing head (9) |
| ARES | One of the twelve Olympian gods of Greek mythology, said to have fathered the Amazons (4) |
| STEROPE | One of the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters, of Greek mythology, said to be the mother of Oenomaus by Ares (7) |
| POLEVAULT | Event in which John Paul II may have been buried? (4,5) |
| CENTAUR | Half man, half-horse creature of Greek mythology said to descend from Ixion and the cloud nymph Nephele (7) |
| LEDE | It might be buried by a reporter |
| SUICIDE | Bodies of those committing this crime might have been buried at a crossroads (7) |
| ENDYMION | Figure in Greek mythology said to have been put to sleep by Zeus (8) |
| AMBROSIA | Food of the gods in Greek mythology, said to be the source of their immortality (8) |
| CERBERUS | 'Hound of Hades' in Greek mythology, said to have three heads (8) |
| CENTAURS | Race of half-man, half-horse creatures in Greek mythology said to descend from the Thessalian king Ixion and the cloud Nephele (8) |
| 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) |
| MARS | God in Roman mythology said to have fathered Romulus and Remus by the Vestal Virgin Rhea Silvia (4) |
| PIALAMODE | Dessert invented by Athena? |
| 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) |
| ASPHODEL | Flower in Greek mythology said to cover the Elysian fields (8) |
