| PALLAS | Goddess on whose bust Poe's raven perched |
| CRISIS | Goddess on film cried sadly, desiring lost youth (7,6) |
| MONETA | Juno ___ (goddess on some Roman coins) |
| ALSTON | Charles ___, artist whose bust of M.L.K. Jr. was the first image of an African American displayed at the White House |
| LENORE | Poe's "Raven" lady |
| ULLMAN | Tracey, British-U.S. comedienne on whose show The Simpsons debuted in 1987 (6) |
| RUNYON | Damon, U.S. short story writer on whose work the musical Guys and Dolls was loosely based (6) |
| BEAGLE | HMS _, ship on whose second voyage Charles Darwin developed his theory of evolution (6) |
| IMPROV | Comedy form seen on Whose Line Is It Anyway? for short |
| ANDUIN | In J R R Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, the great river, east of the Misty Mountains, on whose west bank is the Elvish land of Lothlorien |
| MIDLIFE | Goddess on film cried sadly, desiring lost youth (7,6) |
| RAPAT | Knock on, like Poe's raven |
| PERCH | Bust of Pallas, to Poe's raven |
| CERES | Agriculture goddess on the New Jersey state seal |
| WATERLOO | Mischievous goddess on both sides in court battle (8) |
| SORCERESS | Witch or goddess on board (9) |
| AROMATHERAPY | Goddess on rug absorbed by a dodgy, sensual treatment |
| NIKE | Goddess on a trophy |
| MINERVA | Goddess on the Medal of Honor |
| THEODROACOWAN | The first Australian-born woman sculptor, whose bust of Eccleston du Faur, President of their Board of Trustees, was the first commission offered to a Sydney artist by the Art Gallery of NSW? (8,5) |
